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Do you know any open project, that need developers and pays in sats?

708 sats \ 22 comments \ @Peperonissimo 8 Dec 2022 bitcoin

Anyone knows any project to colaborate, with an open backlog of features or bugs, where I can work?

436 sats \ 8 replies \ @cointastical 8 Dec 2022

It's very surprising that we are nearly approaching the year 2023 and bitcoin is not widely used as a tool for attracting and retaining talent.

There are some platforms that exist, but you'll likely be disappointed in what you find.

Freelancing platforms which pay in Bitcoin, and other ways to earn bitcoin https://cointastical.medium.com/freelancing-platforms-which-pay-in-bitcoin-e38be56166df

Here's a for-instance.

Replit has added a Bounties marketplace. I saw that and was thinking "Awesome, ... this could possibly become big!". Then I read and found what is it that the bounty-earner receives. They don't receive fiat. And they don't receive bitcoin or other cryptocurrency either ... but instead they earn Replit "cycles" (i.e., credit towards future use of Replit service). Give me a friggin break!!

But these freelancer / gig / task work / bounty platforms are not needed beyond the "matchmaking" phase. When an employer needing services finds a competent provider/worker, they likely will have further work they would like to have performed and that is where the opportunity presents itself for you to negotiate for your services to be paid in bitcoin.

116 sats \ 3 replies \ @k00b 8 Dec 2022

If someone built a github plugin that allowed me to attach/negotiate sat bounties to issues, I'd use it in a heartbeat ... This was the other thing I was considering building around the time I built SN.

1124 sats \ 0 replies \ @cointastical 8 Dec 2022

I see GitPay and Bountysource, .. both use fiat only. And require doxing yourself (and being sent a 1099, for those in the U.S.).

I can see that being a significant factor that holds back the use of bitcoin for freelancing, at least at the level where the employer hires/contracts with the freelancer directly, due to reporting and withholding requirements for the employer. And that's not just in the U.S. where that is a problem.

25 sats \ 1 reply \ @SodaPop 8 Dec 2022

Could be interesting to have a tab in jobs for bounties and start having a work backlog there?

35 sats \ 0 replies \ @k00b 8 Dec 2022

We've discussed adding more task oriented features to jobs. I imagine we'll eventually have them kind of like 'link or discussion', it'll be 'job or task'.

30 sats \ 0 replies \ @Peperonissimo OP 8 Dec 2022

Thank you so much! That’s true. 2022 and still at this point. But patience will worth it. I apréciate the links

125 sats \ 1 reply \ @SodaPop 8 Dec 2022

I cannot understand why the login method is Lightning everywhere. Email is obsolete.

591 sats \ 0 replies \ @Menziess 8 Dec 2022 freebie

I guess because we’re still early, I just learned about this today

25 sats \ 0 replies \ @agbegin 9 Dec 2022

I've been poking them on twitter to add lightning/bitcoin integration. Isn't replit open source itself? Let's build PR it :D https://twitter.com/agbegin/status/1598447984022360065

13 sats \ 0 replies \ @benthecarman 9 Dec 2022

A lot of open source work is done for free. If you're looking to get paid to work on open source normally you'll need to find a company that primarily works on open source or get a grant. Normally the best way to get started is to contribute to projects you personally use and fix/ add things you want. After you've made meaningful contributions people will be more open to paying you

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @Peperonissimo OP 8 Dec 2022

I mean, like sphinx, without CV and without any selection process...

200 sats \ 1 reply \ @And1 8 Dec 2022

thats all I know

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Peperonissimo OP 8 Dec 2022

That's it. Bounties are called I suppose!! Thank you so much.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @agbegin 9 Dec 2022

I'm working on publishing bounties for Galoy (builders of bitcoin beach wallet and the open source banking platform it runs on)

Recently created a channel called "Bounties and PRs" in our chat to have a good place for folks to collab/discuss: https://chat.galoy.io/galoy/channels/bounties-and-prs

We've been posting bounties in github discussions, here: https://github.com/GaloyMoney/galoy/discussions

We'll be adding more in the coming weeks so feel free to pick something up or just check out the "good first issues" in the repos if interested.

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @satcat 9 Dec 2022

Have completed (and been paid directly over LN) for few Sphinx bounties. So far seems like great dev community there.

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @paul 9 Dec 2022

Thanks for posting this @satcat We are posting 5-10 of these a week and paying out in sats. They range from $15-$500