Introduction
The Internet revolutionize not only the technological field but also, other important areas of life. One of the fields in which the Internet affected vastly is the work industry. The Internet brought about endless possibilities such as the ability to be self-employed, the ability to work from home, the ability to sell your goods and services to clients without meeting or getting to know them, the ability to earn without a college/University degree, etc. Due to the high rate of unemployment today, many individuals have been self-employed and able to earn a living via the Internet as freelancers.
One of the setbacks in freelancing is that freelancing platforms that serve as a medium to connect clients with freelancers charge huge fees. Top freelancing platforms such as Fiverr, Upwork, PeopleHour charges huge fees ranging from 20-30%, leaving freelancers with just 70-80% of the value of their work. This setback is what CanWork, a blockchain-based platform is here to solve.
Overview of CanWork
Just like other freelancing platforms, CanWork is a global freelance market place for high-quality digital services such as content writing, coding, graphic designing, editing, software engineering, etc. CanWork is a decentralized application built on the etherium blockchain to help facilitate feeless, secure and trustworthy services between clients and freelancers. With the aid of Etherium smart contract, CanWork is able to protect both parties without any middleman through an upfront payment on an escrow smart contract. When the job is done, the client then releases the funds from the escrow smart contract to the freelancer. In comparison to other top freelancing platforms such as Fiverr, Upwork, etc that charges a 20-30% fee, CanWork charges no fee. Freelancers only pay a 1% on payment remittance which makes CanWork an oasis for both clients and freelancers. CanWork made it to the 2019 State of DApps MEW DApps ranking as one of the decentralized platforms which is MyEtherWallet supported.
How to get started
In order to get started selling your talent as a freelancer, follow the easy procedures below:
- Create a new profile: To create a new profile, first, you need to visit CanWork official website by clicking this link. On the homepage, click on the join/sign-in button and then sign in using your Google, Facebook or Dock account.
- Choose Your Aim: After a successful login, the next page you will see is for you to choose why you signed up on the work platform. If you are in search of a talented freelancer, click on the "client" button. And if you are a talented individual who wants to render his/her services to a client, click on the "provider" button.
- Complete your profile: The complete your profile page contains different fields such as an Etherium address (where payment is made to), service one renders, tags related to your field, name, email, and dollar hourly rate a freelancer charges their client. By accepting to CanWork terms and conditions, your profile is then submitted to be approved by Canwork DAO.
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How to use MyEtherWallet
The CanWork platform is built on the Etherium blockchain and uses the CAN token (an ERC-20 token) for payment. In order for freelancers to receive payment, they need an ERC-20 token supported wallet. MyEtherwallet is a secure and trusted wallet all over the globe that supports ERC-20 tokens. Below are easy steps to create MyEtherWallet.
- Visit MyEtherWallet official website
- Click on the "Create Wallet" button. Choose to create a wallet by mnemonic phrase and write down the twelve (12) phrase you see on a paper.
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- After writing down the phrase, click to go to the next page where you will have to verify the written phrase.
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- To access your wallet, choose to access it using the mnemonic phrase. Click on continue and input your mnemonic phrase. Finally, you can have access to your wallet where you can copy your ETH address for receiving payment on CanWork platform.
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Conclusion
CanWork platform is very profitable for freelancers all over the world. It is also a secure and trustworthy platform that eliminates middlemen between clients and freelancers. For these reasons, CanWork freelance platform is here to stay and has a very bright future. In addition to the web version, I suggest CanWork should develop mobile applications for iOS and Android devices. I am rating CanWork a 4.5 out of 5 stars.
Links
CanWork Official Site | CanWork Twitter | CanWork Telegram | State of the Dapps Ranking