Marketplaces & Commerce

On-Chain Gig Market

Your reputation, your rates, your relationships

Decentralized freelance protocols enable smart contract escrow with 3% fees and fully portable reputation. Build a professional identity that follows you everywhere.

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How It Works

The decentralized approach

1

DID Professional Profile

Your professional identity is a decentralized identifier with verifiable credentials.

2

Smart Contract Milestones

Projects are broken into milestone escrows with automatic release conditions.

3

On-Chain Reputation

Every completed project adds to your portable reputation score.

4

Direct Relationships

Build ongoing relationships with clients outside the platform.

The Web3 Experience

Build a professional DID with verifiable project history. Set up milestone escrows that release automatically on completion. Keep working with great clients directly. Take your entire reputation to any platform or your own website.

Your Value as a User

Access freelancers at lower costs due to reduced platform fees. Build relationships directly with service providers. Own your reputation and choice of platform.

Key Benefit

Lower costs + direct relationships + portable reputation

Warning

Requires wallet management and understanding of smart contracts

Revenue Model

How value flows in Web3

Revenue Distribution

Freelancer Earnings97%

Direct payment from clients

Escrow Fees2%

Smart contract execution

Arbitration Pool1%

Dispute resolution fund

Total Take Rate

~3% protocol fees

Your Value

97% of contract value

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Polkadot Advantage

Polkadot's cross-chain messaging enables freelancer credentials to be verified across any connected parachain. Multi-currency payments allow clients to pay in their preferred token while freelancers receive theirs.

Benefits

Why Web3 is better

Keep 97% of every contract

Reputation travels to any platform

Direct client relationships are encouraged

Milestone escrows with automatic releases

Verifiable credentials for skills and experience

The Comparison

Side by side: what changes when you make the shift

Platform Fees
20-25%~3%
Reputation Portability
NoneFull
Client Relationships
Platform-MediatedDirect
Escrow Flexibility
LimitedProgrammable
Key Insight

"Freelancers lose $1 of every $5 to platforms. Web3 gig protocols flip this — keep $97 of every $100 and take your reputation everywhere."

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Why Polkadot?

Multi-Chain by Design

Polkadot's architecture makes this transformation possible with cross-chain interoperability, shared security, and infinite scalability.

Sub-Second Finality

Transactions settle in under a second, enabling real-time payments and instant value transfer.

Shared Security

All parachains benefit from Polkadot's validator set, providing institutional-grade security from day one.

Cross-Chain Messages

XCM enables seamless communication between specialized chains, creating a unified Web3 ecosystem.

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Polkadot Advantage for On-Chain Gig Market

Polkadot's cross-chain messaging enables freelancer credentials to be verified across any connected parachain. Multi-currency payments allow clients to pay in their preferred token while freelancers receive theirs.

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