Throughout February the team behind CanWork.io will be running a global content competition. The winner will receive 15 ETH.

Cryptocurrency and the Freelance Economy

The competition will require you to come up with a content piece around the following premise:

“Cryptocurrency and decentralised applications will revolutionise the freelance economy”

Your entry can be:

A written piece

A video

An infographic

Or anything else you can think of

Once you have completed your piece you will need to share it somewhere!

We will judge the winner based on:

The quality of the content

The creativity of the content

The amount of exposure it gets

How to Enter

This is how you will need to enter:

1. Like and share

Like and share the competition post on social media.

2. Sign up or Sign in

You will need to be an approved CanWork.io Provider so sign in or sign up to create a quick & free digital services provider profile.

3. Submit an entry

Submit a link to your original content by placing a bid on the official competition job post on the CanWork job board.

Official Job Post Link: https://share.canwork.io/job/-eth-27

Find the Official Job Post on the CanWork Jobs Board

Place a Bid on the Official Job Post to submit your entry link

4. Competition close and announcing the winner

Submissions will close at 8pm AEDT on the 28 February 2019. You will need to join our Telegram channel to keep up to date with the competition and see the winner announcement. You can join here: https://t.me/CanYaCommunity

Getting started

To help get you started here is some basics on the subject and some links to further reading:

The rise of the freelance economy

The world’s economy is currently undergoing what some have dubbed the ‘industrial revolution of our time’. The ability for individuals to sell their skills all across the globe with little more than an internet connection is both as appealing as it is efficient. Freelancers can work whatever hours they like, from wherever they like and, importantly, at whatever price they like (or more accurately, what the market dictates).

Unfortunately, in an economic model that is highly efficient, the platforms that currently facilitate it are highly inefficient:

They have inordinately high fees (in the order of 20% or more) that extract significant value away from both sides of the marketplace

They also require third party payment solutions that add further fees and barriers for the unbanked population of the world (1–2bn people)

Data is kept by centralised servers and sold to third parties for advertising

They are run by profit taking middle men who have profits and not users at the forefront of their agenda

The solution

We at CanYa believe that, to reach its full potential, the freelance economy should embrace cryptocurrency and decentralised applications. This will mean:

Low/No fees (means more money for self employed freelancers)

No international money transfer fees or wait times (an incredibly archaic drawback for a dynamic, digital industry)

Freelancers own their own data, it is not sold to third party advertisers

The world’s unbanked population will now be able to participate in this new economy meaning more labour supply and demand.

and much much more…

Further reading:

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