Ultimately, what is needed is not just a alternative to Upwork that takes bitcoin, but an innovation the is better than Upwork and is bitcoin-native. This may be what Arcade City is building. it could be something we haven't even envisioned. Like Microtask Programming, perhaps:
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Or a Virtual workforce, like what Freshii has built:
Freshii’s ‘virtual cashiers’ make $3.75 an hour and have been called ‘outrageous’ — now the chain’s founder wants to go global https://www.thestar.com/business/2022/07/08/percy-the-virtual-cashier-founders-shrug-off-critics-and-plan-to-grow-start-up-into-a-multinational-company.html
Even SN has an angle here....
A sub for tasks,
New SN post type: [request] ✔️ (similar to Stackoverflow) #43286
See also another post, found here on SN, which shared the Toronto Star article on Freshii:
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