Hello!
I'm the creator and owner of Microlancer.io and I wanted to answer some of the concerns directly! WhyFhy is very generously helping me out, as I haven't used BitcoinTalk.org much at all and he's more familiar with this forum. I built Microlancer.io because I love Bitcoin and I'm also very excited about Lightning Network. It was built in my spare time for the last 8 months or so. I spent all my time coding, and didn't have a chance to post much. I don't have any investors or anything, and limited budget for trying to do any advertising/marketing. I decided that going to BitcoinTalk.org was important, because it's such a huge community! So we're trying to test it out, and see if we can grow the site.
I'm sorry if the budget was too low, and I understand if there are way better offers on here. We're hoping to recruit people who love Lightning Network, and maybe even tried Microlancer.io and loved using it as a freelancer or client. It's still a brand new site, with lots of work to be done. But, I just wanted to start getting the word out for our initial motivated advocates and early adopters.
There are concerns about escrow, and it's understandable! We don't have a lot of posting history, but we're trying to build that reputation now. I think if this campaign is successful, we'll have a bit more trust. Also, Microlancer.io itself is an escrow provider. All payments will be done using Microlancer.io, and yes, it's not a 3rd party so it doesn't add any security for you. But I just want people to understand that we're trying to build that reputation. In the future, we're hoping to have built-in multisig and other escrow features as well but I'm not sure when I'll gather enough time to work on it.
This site is being built, maintained, and designed by just myself. As a one-man operation, it hasn't been easy. I really appreciate your patience, and all the feedback. The system takes a very small 2% fee for tasks, mostly because I wanted to contribute something valuable and useful to the Bitcoin and Lightning ecosystem. My business goals are really secondary. The site can get hacked, shut down by the government, or who knows what else someday. If that happens, I hope to adjust the project to be further decentralized and even less about my own personal business goals. I believe in Bitcoin is a moral imperative for me. We all deserve the right to earn and work and live with the freedoms granted by the universe.
I hope you'll join me in this project. I understand for a lot of people, it's a leap of faith and unable to help.
Thank you! Looking forward to the future of Bitcoin and Lightning Network!
- Microlancer.io
Can you clarify this. How much btc is the minimum to withdraw from Microlancer? I just want this thing to be clarified for the joining members especially jr members. Because what if their payment will be masked by the fee itself?
There is
NO MINIMUM and
NO FEES to withdraw from Microlancer! You can withdraw even 1 satoshi, with zero fees. We will even cover the Lightning Network transaction fees, but that's usually less than a penny anyways.
Note however, Microlancer has an internal escrow system that subtracts 1% from each task you complete. (The asker gets 1% added as a fee when they pay, but in this case we are both the asker and the platform, so that doesn't mean anything). So please be aware of this 1% fee.
Hopefully this clarifies everything! We want you to get paid properly.
IMPORTANT AFFILIATE UPDATE
Hello everyone,
Unfortunately due to a lot of spam account creation, we have to get rid of the signup bonus for affiliates. You will still receive the 35% - 70% commission rates as an affiliate.
For the first week of this campaign, all of our accepted signature wearers will receive a bonus 15% for their payouts.
So, the payouts for the first week will be:
2x Hero/Legendary Members @ $9.20
2x Sr. Members @ $8.05
3x Full Members @ $6.90
3x Members @ $5.75
3x Jr. Members@ $4.60
I apologize if this change is disappointing for some of you, but I hope that you can sympathize with trying to protect ourselves the best we can against spam/fraud. We want to be successful, so we can continue to exist, and so our promoters can also continue to be paid.
Thank you for your patience and understanding!
Tim @ Microlancer.io
