Braintrust's Adam Jackson: “Nike is in Crypto Now and They May Not be Fully Aware” by The Defiant - DeFi Podcast

DAO bounties: For workers, it’s a way to get a taste of working in crypto, to help their favorite project move forward, or to earn tokens that will give them ownership in the new Web3 economy. For crypto start-ups and DAOS, it’s an affordable way to source cheap labor for development or marketing without having to hire full-time employees with bene... See more

Because Braintrust relies on a protocol for things that humans might do in a normal marketplace, and because it can pay for work that other marketplaces would need to use cash for with tokens, it can keep fees lower (but will need to make it up by giving away ownership). Giving away ownership might actually create more long-term value, because thos... See more

Crucially, another freelancer marketplace could set everything up that Braintrust has done not on the blockchain. However, this would miss the narrative network effects to kickstart the market. Additionally, you would have to use fiat for initial growth rather than tokens, thus making acquisition more expensive.

The simple idea behind Braintrust is that it is a talent network that charges Clients an industry-low 10% fee and actually pays Talent a negative take rate by rewarding them with tokens, and that the only way for those things to change is for the users who would be impacted to vote to change them.