Accessible Bitcoin freelancing with lightning network support, no KYC required
Microlancer (https://microlancer.io/) is a new Bitcoin freelance platform based on lightning network. Everyone can post tasks or work on tasks - No government ID or KYC required.
Here is how to use it:
Earn bitcoin with Microlancer
- Visit https://microlancer.io/ and create an account with email address and password
- Take a look at new tasks (=projects) or use the category and search feature to find a specific task
- If you are interested in a task, send an offer (=proposal) with your price and a message
- If the task giver is interested, they will accept your offer and deposit funds into escrow - which means you are protected from scams
- Now you can start to work. During this time, you can ask for more information and provide updates
- When you completed the task, mark the task as complete and the task giver will release escrow to you
- You can now leave a review for the task giver, receive a review, and withdraw your earnings to your lightning enabled Bitcoin wallet
Hire someone to complete a task in Microlancer
- Visit https://microlancer.io/ and create an account with email address and password
- Click on "New task" button and fill out title, description, budget and settings, then publish it
- Now people will send offers and you can discuss with a potential tasker before you accept their offer
- After you chose an offer, you must deposit funds into escrow - which means you are protected from scams. You will receive a lightning network invoice and must send funds with your lightning enabled Bitcoin wallet.
- Now your tasker can start to work. During this time, you can chat, ask questions and ask for updates
- When the tasker marked the task as complete, click on "Release escrow" to pay them
- You can now leave a review for the tasker, receive a review, and the tasker can withdraw their earnings to their lightning enabled Bitcoin wallet
If there is a dispute or problem, either the task giver or tasker can contact support to refund or release the escrowed funds.
How to use lightning network
Microtasker benefits from instant payments and low fees offered by the Bitcoin lightning network. To use this, you need a lightning enabled Bitcoin wallet. Here are some lightning enabled wallets:
- Rawtx for Android and IOS https://rawtx.com/
- Eclair Wallet for Android https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=fr.acinq.eclair.wallet&rdid=fr.acinq.eclair.wallet
- Zap Wallet for Linux, Mac, Windows and IOS https://zap.jackmallers.com/
- Peach Wallet for Linux, Mac, Windows, Android and IOS https://lightningpeach.com/peach-wallet
- Spark Wallet for Linux, Mac, Windows and Android https://github.com/shesek/spark-wallet
- HTLC.me for web (currently only supports testnet) https://htlc.me/
- c-lightning for Linux https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning
You can find out more about Bitcoin lightning network here: