for payment processor in bitcoin ? i think we have some startup who run it, but the main problem price of bitcoin is unstable, imagine when people start to get job the bitcoin price $10000 and after job finished the bitcoin price drop to $5000 , its not fair for it.
bitcoin can be perfetct payment processor just for "real time transaction"
Topic: Why isn't crypto freelancing getting traction ? (Read 160 times)
I'm a freelancer, and I can tell that most employer doesn't even know about crypto. Adoption is not really that strong, and old/conventional platform is good enough for them. It's a matter of trust I think, they feel okay using them, no major problem so far.
Great points but I think, it also has to do with the fact that crypto-based platforms aren't well known [in general] + A lot of freelancers [and employers] out there, don't know much about crypto-currencies as a whole (e.g. How it works and etc...).
There are a number of low-fee freelancing platforms that work with crypto transactions , like Xbtfreelancer, Ethlance, Blocklancer, etc.
Compared to the FIAT-based platforms like Freelancer.com, Upwork etc., the crypto-based ones are much more attractive IMO , when i look at the huge fees taken by Freelancer.com and the likes.
Also there are no KYC annoyances there, and that's another benefit for a freelancer , if he wants to keep his income undisclosed from his government ( thanks also to cryptocurrencies , the transactions as well can be easily anonymised ).
What i don't understand is why there is almost nobody on those platforms despite the advantages for the freelancers?
Probably the lack of freelancers is just due to the lack of employers, there is no other explanation IMO.
But why no employer then?
There are only a bunch of them looking for very specialized workers with blockchain-related skills, just because it's harder to find them on a generic platform rather than a crypto-related one.
It seems that the employers prefer Freelancer or Upwork.
It could be that the wages/commissions they pay to freelancers on Freelancer.com can be easily deducted from the employers' taxes, while on crypto-based platforms that cannot be done?
That would explain everything.
Of course if the crypto-based platform would cause a financial loss to the employer, due to non-deductible expenses (wages), then it would be not convenient for him to be there.
Compared to the FIAT-based platforms like Freelancer.com, Upwork etc., the crypto-based ones are much more attractive IMO , when i look at the huge fees taken by Freelancer.com and the likes.
Also there are no KYC annoyances there, and that's another benefit for a freelancer , if he wants to keep his income undisclosed from his government ( thanks also to cryptocurrencies , the transactions as well can be easily anonymised ).
What i don't understand is why there is almost nobody on those platforms despite the advantages for the freelancers?
Probably the lack of freelancers is just due to the lack of employers, there is no other explanation IMO.
But why no employer then?
There are only a bunch of them looking for very specialized workers with blockchain-related skills, just because it's harder to find them on a generic platform rather than a crypto-related one.
It seems that the employers prefer Freelancer or Upwork.
It could be that the wages/commissions they pay to freelancers on Freelancer.com can be easily deducted from the employers' taxes, while on crypto-based platforms that cannot be done?
That would explain everything.
Of course if the crypto-based platform would cause a financial loss to the employer, due to non-deductible expenses (wages), then it would be not convenient for him to be there.
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