Future of the gig economy? Braintrust IT freelancer platform is run by its users using tokens
In our relatively recently connected economy, platforms have appropriated an outsized proportion of value creation. That is a problem.
There have been many initiatives to build user-owned platforms, supported by tools such as the Platform Co-op Development Kit, and a handful of small scale successes such as Up & Go and Stocksy.
Now Braintrust, an IT freelancer platform, has just raised $18 million to support a very interesting approach, issuing blockchain-based tokens to its users to give them effective ownership of the platform.
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