I've had an idea for the longest time about creating a service where people can buy and exchange services. The idea doesn't sound all that complex but I've actually done a lot of research and tried to find services in a practical sense and it's actually quite a tough market. I've found the current market to be far too limited in scope and availability. That's why I've created a new company and invested hundreds of hours into creating a new website where people will be able to offer and buy services online.

The problem I've always found with getting services online is how fractured the market is. When it comes to providing goods, the internet is brilliant. There's the choice of Amazon, eBay, various other online stores. You're able to easily find and sell goods. When you go to find services there's websites like Fiverr, Freelancer then forums like BitcoinTalk and the lot. It's not exactly easy to find a simple marketplace where you can offer the services of your choice and pricing.

I've included Fiverr as a good benchmark of what they offer versus my own idea. Fiverr is a pretty reliable website if you're simply wanting some online services like graphic design. The amount of categories they can offer is limited by the way it is simply designed. It's designed for not much more than graphic design, copywriting or video editing. The pricing structure is pretty narrow and the fees are exorbitant. You're looking at a 20% fee ($1) on a $5 purchase and that's just as the buyer. The seller also has to pay a fee as well. Why should they be getting $2 in fees from just a $5 sale?

My idea has been to create a marketplace where anyone can offer the services they want. The purpose is to simply be a platform to conduct the exchange of services. What the seller and buyer wants is up to them. It's not simply limited to online things like graphics, copywriting and other mere online tasks. It can be expanded to offline services like taxiing, transport, house maintenance. For example if you want a kid to come mow your lawns, you can put up a tender for the equivalent of $20 and they can accept or negotiate the price, once they do the work the money is released to them and you can give feedback. The same idea applies for all services done on the website. It's simply presented in a template like this:

Listing
    |
    v
Offer
    |
    v
Agreement
    |
    v
Payment
    |
    v
Feedback

It really is that simple. That means you can use this service not just on your computer, but also on your phone. It doesn't get much easier than that.

What does this have to do with Bitcoin? This project is best to work with Bitcoin. We're putting work into the hands of people, why not their earnings as well? This is really the service we need so Bitcoin can rise again. It will attract attention, make people rich, will provide a boost to the economy, will keep people employed. Most importantly, it will provide a vital way for people to break free of the fiat system and move to crypto. It be a simple, practical way of bringing Bitcoin into people's everyday life. They'll love it.

I call this product Taskly. We're a New Zealand company. We're not open yet as we're just seeing how much attention we can gauge so far.

If people are interested in more information about it, please email me or shoot a private message. I check both everyday. I can't wait to hear back from you.

I have a massive project that I need help promoting. I'm dumb with advertising, promotion and growing a user base. I have an entire platform setup which simply needs users. I am offering a share of the coins and also cash. PM me with your experience. I need users!

[Resources:]

I see a lot of anti-inflation sentiment around. I am frankly in disagreement with it all. The 'hodl' mentality is deflationary spiral nonsense which does nothing to help the economy of Bitcoin.

I believe there should be inflation to get the economy of Bitcoin going so the market cap rises on actual economic activity than pointless speculation. This should be fixed at about 1.5% annually. This will encourage investment and commerce, which is the point of a currency.

There are a lot of ways you can do inflation. You could give the new coins to miners, or you could do a "stock split" where the amount of Bitcoin an individual has increases 1.5% annually.

Bitcoin is always being lost. As of 2017, there were 3.8 million BTC lost out of a total supply of 16.4 million BTC. That makes the effective amount of BTC only 12.6 million (at that time).  12.6Mm/21MM is a little over half of the total amount of Bitcoin.

If you had 1.5% inflation, it would take decades to get back to merely 21 million.



If you go with the option of 'stock splits' to induce inflation, no savers would lose out. They would be rewarded from holding.

I don't see why inflation is a bad thing. It makes sense.

Resources:

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/bitcoin-price-lost-mining-how-to-find-cryptocurrency-value-chainalysis-satoshi-nakamoto-a8091851.html

[Speculators are speculating against other speculators]

I believe that the price of Bitcoin is drastically overvalued. It's driven by speculation than actual economic activity occurring within the Bitcoin ecosystem. This was especially true at the height of the Bitcoin price, when it hit $20,000 or a market cap of $330 billion.

Speculators are speculating against other speculators

When you think of speculators, you may imagine big bankers being the problem. I would be generally inclined to agree with that. In reality, they make up a small portion of the market. The real issue are these so-called investors from home who do technical analysis and try base the value of Bitcoin on previous pattern movements.

On one end of the spectrum you have those trying to short and others who are longing. These aren't just a few loonies, there is a sizeable chunk of these speculators who are shorting and those who are longing. I would say the distribution is 40/60 long.

Who in the world thinks that at the height there was $320 billion in economic activity? There most definitely wasn't $20,000 of services and goods being exchanged per coin.

What goods and services are actually being offered?

Let's be realistic, there isn't $60 billion of economic activity being generated with Bitcoin. If that were true, then it would be much harder to explain the fluctuations in price. You don't just go from $330 billion to $200 billion in a matter of months with no justification.

It used to be that the price of Bitcoin was based on goods and services... back when Silk Road was a thing. The closure of Silk Road sent the price of Bitcoin into free fall.

Lambo's don't help

The idea of cashing out Bitcoin for a Lambo sounds sexy. It is a great marketing draw for the inexperienced to buy some Bitcoin. Who doesn't want a fast car?

It's this idea which is only popular with the greedies and not those concerned what Bitcoin and Blockchain can do. You're buying Bitcoin in USD, promoting theories that the USD is over, only to cash out into USD and buy your Lamborghini. Good for you if you do that, but don't be a hypocrite about the USD just to use it.

Putting money into Bitcoin, only to hold it, does nothing to grow the actual value. The only way an economy grows is by having money circulating around. Putting sums of money into Bitcoin just to have it sitting there creates deflation which can quickly spiral into a deflationary spiral.

Instead of talking about technical analysis and scribbling onto charts, we ought to look at the fundamentals of the price of Bitcoin. We need to be objective and not subjective about Bitcoin. I'm an ardent fan of Bitcoin, but I find the community's view of finances to be amateur, especially on Reddit.

Resources:

https://smallbusiness.chron.com/importance-consumer-spending-3882.html

https://www.economicshelp.org/blog/1888/economics/deflationary-spiral/

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/feb/02/bitcoin-biggest-bubble-in-history-says-economist-who-predicted-2008-crash

There's a lot of posts in this section "ICOs will come back", "Some ICOs are scams", "Should I do ICOs". These all contain the implication that Initial Coin Offerings are fine and dandy.

What type of information do you need to know that Initial Coin Offerings are trash the majority of the time? 80% of ICOs in 2017 were scams. To put that into respective, that's 4 out of every 5. The odds are terrible. Going by the rules of probability, you're going to be apart of the four of five. Why wouldn't you be?

The ideas I've seen with Initial Coin Offerings are just as bad. Why do these companies need $80 million in the first place? Let's be realistic, most things don't need to be on the blockchain. Satoshi didn't need to do an Initial Coin Offering to make Bitcoin into a bustling success. He started off putting in his own money. What do ICOs actually have to bring to the table?

The people that are making these threads with a positive implication are probably apart of the scams, or they're risking their money with the odds stacked entirely against them.

It's possible to have original ideas offered for free. Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin. Some people are simply blinded by their greed and short-term to try speculate on the worthless. No wonder bubbles are so rampant within this ecosystem.

Resources:

https://cointelegraph.com/news/new-study-says-80-percent-of-icos-conducted-in-2017-were-scams

[Democratic and transparent dispute system]

Venezuela is a broken country. It is another victim to the failure of central planning. It is another system of bureaucrats being know-it-alls, thinking they know what’s better for the people than what they know for themselves. Once the richest country in Latin America, it has descended into tyranny and poverty. There is no economic security or guarantees. This is socialist system was bound to fail.

The government is ultimately responsible for setting economic policy, enforcing the laws, and determining regulations. They have failed at all three fundamental basics. Property rights are nonexistent, the rule of law is ignored and excessive, the value of their currency is worthless. They are in dire straits with nowhere to go.

While the Venezuelan government is a lost cause, their people aren’t. Their people have a 97.13% average adult literacy rate. 60% of their population are internet users. A Venezuelan only makes $0.26/day, as of 2018.

Why post this information? It’s to highlight the failure of socialism, but also point out the potential that the population of Venezuela have. They didn’t want this, they’re victims of the actions of a few elites.

This is where Taskly comes in as a viable solution to the woes they face. The supply of Task (our coin) is fixed. It’s free to join and earn. There is no requirements to do work, except for having the appropriate skills to do the work. People control their own finances. They can spend as they please. If there an issue, it is democratically resolved in a transparent environment. All of this is the polar opposite of what Venezuela has to offer.

Taskly is what the people Venezuela need to prosper. It can be accessed from a mobile phone and work can be done on their own conditions. This individual responsibility is what make economies prosper. It is a practical solution to the needs Venezuelans have.

Here are some of the fundamental features we have, which will be of practical use to Venezuelans:

Democratic and transparent dispute system

Effectively, this is our legal system. It is what we use to resolve any disputes that may arise. The decisions are made in public by democratic votes tied to Task. This makes corruption and subjective enforcement of the rules impossible. This is a much fairer system than what PayPal has to offer, as their disputes are handled in the dark with no public insight. People vote on disputes, which cost Task, if one side wins their vote is has a higher weighting in future dispute votes. If the opponent loses, their vote loses value and they lose the Task they put in. This will make people pick wisely!

Open jobs market

There is a lot of talk about freelancers and the gig economy. This is an excellent economy, but its scope is largely limited to work online. There is very little in the way of work that is physical and can be by a variety of people.

Taskly provides all sorts of categories to select from. This is both online and offline work. This choice is unprecedented in the freelance service economy. This gives consumers and workers choice as to where to engage their efforts. A large scope of users can now find anything they need in one place.

There is no degree required to start work. Workers can present a portfolio of their past work. Workers are only told to do work they are skilled at. This will create incentive to research, improve and upskill which brings further value to the Taskly system.

Decentralised

We have a massive plan to make Taskly decentralised. Bitcoin brings decentralisation to sending money. Taskly is bringing decentralisation to how you manage your finances, how you access the platform, how you do work, where you do work. Keeping in mind, we are doing this all while making Taskly mainstream.

You can read more about our decentralisation plan on our website: http://www.taskly.net

That is just a few ways, out of many, of how Taskly can help develop the Venezuelan economy. We are bringing a large, diversified economy into a broken country. The people of Venezuela are in need of practical tools like this to lift the burden they have on their shoulders.

Sources:

https://countryeconomy.com/demography/literacy-rate/venezuela

https://www.internetworldstats.com/sa/ve.htm

https://panampost.com/sabrina-martin/2018/01/04/new-monthly-minimum-wage-in-venezuela-barely-enough-to-buy-daily-cup-of-coffee/

I am from Taskly, a jobs marketplace where anyone can find services. We are in need of some attention. We believe going to the grassroots is best and most authentic way to get traction.

We are offering to pay you to mention Taskly. We will pay based on how many social media posts you send out, the size of your audience. Anyone can do this.

If you are interested in doing this, just do it and send me a private message. I will pay you after. Remember, it is dependent on how many posts you have and the size of your audience. We don't have any minimum size requirements. Anyone, from anywhere, can participate in this.

I can't wait to hear from yous

A reply of yours, quoted below, was deleted by a Bitcoin Forum moderator. Posts are most frequently deleted because they are off-topic, though they can also be deleted for other reasons. In the future, please avoid posting things that need to be deleted.

I'm curious to see what people think about this.

That was the final sentence at the end of a post.

I'll repeat the post here, I have it saved because I thought and wrote about it over a period of days.

Where should we focus for 2019? No matter how you look at it, 2018 was a horrible year for the entire cryptocurrency scene. Bitcoin was at the forefront of all of this. Frankly, it doesn't matter what top 100 market cap coin you're invested in. The price movements between the coins correlate massively. You can see this by observing the entire market cap. There is no such thing as pure diversification in cryptocurrency.

The events of 2018 have destroyed the trust of many. There is apparent manipulation. There is a lack of spending within the cryptocurrency economy. There is a lack of production within the cryptocurrency economy. The price movements have been entirely driven up due to manipulation from a select few. This speculation is foolish and it has done no good for the cryptocurrency community.

In what ways are we actually better off from the substantial rise in price? We've seen companies refuse cryptocurrency as a payment option. People have stupidly bought into the hype. There has been losses attributed to cryptocurrency. The news coverage has never been more bleak.

It's easy to blame external forces. Blame the government. Blame the federal reserve. Blame what you want. It does nothing to solve the fundamental problems that cryptocurrency has. I believe the problem isn't with the government. The issue has everything to do with ourselves and cryptocurrency itself.

In its current form, to call cryptocurrency a 'currency' is a stretch. There was a $600 billion speculation on the entirety of cryptocurrency. The actual exchange of goods and services using cryptocurrency wouldn't even be 10% of that. Who is actually using cryptocurrency as a 'currency'? Let's be honest, nobody but a dedicated few. Most people are in cryptocurrency to make a short-term profit. So much for Bitcoin taking over the world. The people who use cryptocurrency want to sell out for USD, the allegedly doomed currency.

The increase in market cap was entirely down to speculation. We're supposed to be against stupid bubbles. Bitcoin was itself a response to the 2008 Financial Crisis caused by the pumping of the real estate bubble. The boom and bust cycle does nothing for real growth. Indexed, we're only marginally better off than we were in 2008. In regards to the cryptocurrency economy, the same applies.

The responsible way to develop the cryptocurrency economy is to look at the fundamentals. People are too focused on unrealistic and frivolous projects to grow the cryptocurrency economy. I embrace the knowledge economy wholeheartedly, but not at the expense of the production, resource or service economy. These basics have been overlooked by the cryptocurrency sphere. Why do we need 50 coins (forks) which do the same thing? There are plenty of coins pegged to a USD in the CoinMarketCap 100. There are plenty of coins which do the same task as Bitcoin. In what way do these so-called projects increase the practical reach of cryptocurrency into the lives of people?

We have to be realistic and practical about the issues cryptocurrency faces. The ideology of sitting on your thumbs, doing nothing, has failed us. Passiveness is a failure. By no means am I advocating for central-planning or economically authoritarian measures. I'm advocating for fundamental capitalist principles. Supply and demand. The needs of consumers. The development of an economy. The richest economies on earth are capitalist, yet they have rules. By no means are these countries a failure.

If we want a reasonable increase in market cap, cryptocurrency needs to accommodate for goods and services. It needs to function like an economy. Fortunately we have solutions that already address the issue of goods. A good example being OpenBazaar. The issue of services is more mucky. I believe we need to prioritise services over goods. Most goods sold aren't done on a business-to-consumer basis. It's largely business-to-business. Where cryptocurrency can gain its own value is by service creation.

Service creation is a no-brainer for cryptocurrency. We can improve the value of cryptocurrency by simply expending time and energy to create utility. People will request services, they will be rendered, this will increase the value. As the quality and category of work improves, the value will too. As jobs will require more knowledge and effort, we will see this reflected in the overall price and size of the cryptocurrency economy. This doesn't require the flooding of dollars to pump up the market. It requires ingenuity and the hard-work of others. The resource that the cryptocurrency will be fundamentally based on is people. This will make it independent and stronger than currencies like USD which is heavily dependent on debt than resources or manufacturing.

Not only does rendering services create value, it will inspire people to better themselves to create quality products. They will utilise skills the have and offer them. If you can do the job, you're part of the solution.

The type of work needs to be based in the real world. The digital gig economy is severely limited in categories and scope. Where can you find a person to walk your dog? Where can you find someone to mow your lawns? Where can you find a mechanic? It's most certainly not on a website like Fiverr or Freelancer. It's not even an option online, aside from some classified boards.

When applied on a global scale, services and cryptocurrency has the fundamental power to change the economy of the world. People will have a chance to offer what they're good at, at competitive prices, to a wide range of customers. Not only will workers earn, they will also be consumers for other products. As spending increases, and more services are rendered, the overall economy will increase and this will be reflected in the market cap. Again, you don't need to speculate to grow. This is fundamental basic economics.

I'm curious to see what people think about this.

This is censorship. If that last sentence was irrelevant, why not just edit it out? Deleting the entire post and the other paragraphs does nothing to improve discussion or spread ideas in the marketplace of ideas. Ridiculous performance from the mods here if you ask me.

[What is this 'project'?]

I am proud to introduce Taskly to the world. This is a project that has in been in development for months and ideation for years. Just when I thought I was ready to release publicly, I make last minute refinements, pushing back the announcement date. This has been a very exciting project to work on. I am certain this is going to revolutionise the digital economy.

What is this 'project'?

To get a proper understanding of what the project is, you need to understand what got me here in the first place. I was trying to build a website a while back. I could have done it by myself, but I was busy. I went through hoops just to try advertise that I was needing someone. When I received offers, I was told to pay up first. Why would I pay up to someone with no portfolio? What mechanism is there to protect me from fraud? Absolutely none. The website ultimately broke down due to miscommunication and lack of trust.

I started to think, why isn't there an all-in-one place to offer and request services? If feedback is included and the person doing the job can provide their portfolio, it will establish consumer trust with the worker. If there is a guarantee of pay, it will establish worker trust with the consumer. This is just the fundamental basics.

This opened up a whole range of extra questions that needed solutions. What if there is a dispute? What if you want to rate the quality of work? What if you want to do more than just digital work? These questions aided the transition from this being a merely simple project to being a game changer.  

Taskly is an online services platform where people can find and offer services anywhere, anytime for anything. You could call it the eBay of work, and, instead of there just being sellers, people can offer to purchase. This creates pricing competition from the consumers and workers across all sectors. This changes everything.

What kind of work is available?

Taskly accommodates all types of work. Unlike Fiverr, we are not fixed towards the digital economy. We can handle all types of work due to how broad and all encompassing our framework is. This means people can get their lawns mowed, their plumbing repaired, their dog walked. This gives consumers more choice, workers a place to offer their services, and gives Taskly an edge over websites like Fiverr or Freelancer.

To give you an idea of the categories available, there is:

• Digital Work
• Education
• Healthcare
• Property Maintenance
• Transport
• Recreation
• Textiles
• Living
• Mechanics

... and more!

How do I invest?

We don't have any investors. This is not an Initial Coin Offering (ICO). This puts us in a unique spot. We're not offering equities, securities or debt. We don't have to abide by Security Exchange Commission (SEC) regulations, or any other national equivalent.

How do people earn Task?

We are giving away Task. That may sound suspicious, but it makes sense in terms of what we're trying to do. By giving people straight cash, this will create economic activity within the Taskly ecosystem. People will have the choice of either spending or offering services. This will eventually put all funds in the control of users.

What are some ways people can earn Task?

You can read more about this on our website: http://www.taskly.net/how-to-make-money

People can make money by offering services.

Workers can make money by offering services by fulfilling requests or starting a listing.

There are various joining incentives such as the User Referral Incentive and New User Grant.

If you are willing to risk Task, you can vote on disputes. If you win, you will receive a portion of the losing side's Task. If you lose, you will lose what you put in and your vote will have less weighting.

Read our website for more information.

How will Taskly be funded?

It's currently out of pocket. As the user base grows, we will be listed on exchanges. We will sell our share of Task. We expect listing fees to cover this in the future. This is distributes funds to users and it provides funding for the platform.

I want to learn more

Visit our website http://www.taskly.net/

You can see our whitepaper at http://www.taskly.net/whitepaper

In our whitepaper we delve into the decentralisation of Taskly, economy and the fundamental of the platform just to name a few issues.

A special deal for BitcoinTalk

If you support Taskly and help promote it, when the website is released you will be given the Original Supporter Grant. This is a one-off payment  to those who have helped support Taskly from the beginning. Your good deeds will not be ignored.

When does this come out?

We have a few minor things to hash out. The release will be available to a few users before all.

News:

Cryptocurrency Needs a New Direction - https://medium.com/@taskly/cryptocurrency-needs-a-new-direction-41df9ac6aaa6

How Taskly Can Develop The Venezuelan Economy - https://medium.com/@taskly/how-taskly-can-develop-the-venezuelan-economy-caa9d8d318dc

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I can't wait to hear from you all!