We had a few interesting questions on telegram that we want to share with you
How do you compare with Bounty0x and Gitcoin?How we differ from our competition in pure product :
We will support multiple platforms, crowdfunding of issues and team collaboration. Additionally we will create a reputation system based on skill , that will allow you to generate reputation cross platform. For example you can get reputation from fixing a python bug on GitHub but also for providing the best answer to a python question on StackExchange.
We are aware that the most challenging part is to get the entreprises onboard and are therefor already out in the field pitching our project and collecting feedback so we can make the right pivote where needed to align ourself with their needs. We are aware of our strenghts but also of our weaknesses , therefore we try to surround us with the right people to strenghten us where we are weak (for example marketing, networking)
If I create a bounty to fix a bug how do you make sure that the ones taking the task are qualified enough? 🤔We rely on the host platform (e.g GitHub, ...). The project maintainer is the person that will accept the solution, bad quality will be filtered out. The more people that will use our platform the more solutions that will be provided for the maintainer to pick from. Similar to platforms like 99designs.com
And if malicious behaviour occurs anyone can raise a disput
Yes but let’s say task would take 1 week to finish I would have wasted 1 week 🤔You can ask yourself the question how is this quality guaranteed today? (without the financial incentive).
We start with that as a base, and we add a reputation system (including penalties)
People will be able to stake tokens for working on a request, this will show devs + maintainer how many people are working on an issue
Let’s say I have a smart contract to audit I want to make sure I have a pro doing it 🤔. If a friend got kidnapped I would hire some ex special ops vs crowdsource rescue team no? 🤔That will be a pro feature, if you are a customer that want specific people to work on it, people with a higher skill/reputation in a certain field, you will be able to configure that in your request, but the price of the request will be higher. The skill token/reputation system can be compared with the reputation on StackExchange. We plan to integrate is cross platform, allow users to get "java skills" from answering a question on stackexchange, but also on fixing a java bug on Github
As the platform gains more interest and devs yes but how do you solve the chicken egg problem at start? 🤔Wwe have tokens reserved in our incentivization pool, so we can do the initial funding to attract and reward developers, and in the 2nd stage enterprises will take over
If am an enterprise I have my own devs why would I want to use your platform?That depends if you want to work with/on open source software. But the feedback we got from a VP from Samsung was the following and I quote
" Today you can not build a product without using open source".
As an example, Samsung has developers, but they do not have enough people to support 900+ open source components that they use in their products. In comes FundRequest.
Many enterprise use OSS code but don’t contribute 🙄True , but here is a list of companies that support the Linux Foundation (more then3000). Just look at the Premium, gold and silver members (more the 200) . All are potential clients
https://www.linuxfoundation.org/membership/members/Can your platform also work for non dev tasks?Yes, at it's core it is about a request and a valid solution. We start with code, since we know that world best. The reason why we also want to include StackExchange is because it allows us not only to be less depended on one platform (e.g. GitHub), but also it allows us to switch markets. Just have a look at all the sub sections they have :
https://stackexchange.com/sitesSome examples : Mathematics, Music: Practice & Theory, Languages, Finance & Money,...
How will you monetize? A commission per task?We will not take any fees, we will first focus on mass adaptation. Afterwards we will offer premium features to monetize our platform.
Features could be : Ads, job offers, early notifications, ...
