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───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

        Taskhive is a mobile and desktop application for freelancers.
        It divides workload into tasks to minimize misunderstandings
        and liabilities.

        The Taskhive marketplace enables you to buy and sell any
        service, and pay for it in any payment method you want, from
        anywhere in the world.




        Reputation Network
        ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

        Taskhive is built around the assumption that payments for
        services online are inherently risky -- which is why Taskhive
        utilizes a transparent reputation network. This way, you are in
        control of how much trust you are willing to give.

        The task-based payment model of Taskhive limits profitability
        of fraud and decreases misunderstandings, while simultaneously
        helping users build reputations faster.
        


        Contracts
        ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

        Taskhive employs many contract and license templates that can
        cover most types of tasks. You can also edit them freely and
        design your own contract.

        These contracts, while legally binding, are designed primarily
        for transparency between parties, to limit misunderstandings,
        and to support claims in the event of dispute with escrow.



        Escrow
        ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

        Taskhive is designed as a direct person-to-person transaction
        marketplace. In some cases, however, it is wise to use an escrow
        to offset risk of fraud (e.g. when dealing with someone with no
        reputation, or when dealing with someone who is anonymous).

        Escrow agents are one of the many worker categories of the
        decentralized marketplace, and anyone can offer their own escrow
        services as one.
        

        Payment facilitation
        ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

        One of the benefits of using an escrow agent is that as long as
        the agent offers faciliation, you can pay in one payment
        method and have the agent remit the final balance using
        another.

        This is especially useful for people who wish to transact with
        cryptocurrencies that either party is unfamiliar with. 



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        There is no shortage of freelance or micro-tasking internet
        sites, but the philosophy and technology of Taskhive is what
        sets it apart from the rest.


        Libre
        ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

        Taskhive is free(libre), open source software (FOSS/FLOSS).
        Anyone can crack open the code and see what it does, modify
        it, and share it with the world. But most importantly, it
        can be audited and prove that it is not doing anything
        malicious.

        Taskhive is made in a completely FOSS environment by strong
        supporters of libre software.


        Free
        ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

        Taskhive is free(as in beer). There is no charge to do any
        business on Taskhive. The exceptions are cases when escrow is
        involved to mitigate financial risk. This is charged at the
        market rate offered by the agent themselves.

        All expenses for development of Taskhive are paid in full by
        generous donations from third parties and the continued support
        from the RZZT collective.

        Taskhive will always be free.



        Privacy / Decentralization
        ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

        Taskhive is built from the ground up around user privacy. It is
        developed with the assumption that local networks and ISPs
        (either maliciously or by mandate) may be spying on your
        traffic, and that your well-being is at risk from oppressive
        regimes.



        Security
        ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

        Perfect security does not exist, but the next best thing is
        actively developed and patched open source code, publicly
        auditable contributions, and regular audits.

        Taskhive, via philosophy of RZZT, strives to keep security and
        privacy standards high, and to do right by its users with
        its transparent policies.

        Taskhive is written with the assumption that it will eventually
        be exploited, and that the challenge to keep users safe will be
        a neverending battle requiring constant vigilence.



        Freedom
        ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

        Centralized sites often bottleneck users into a preferred
        payment method. This often creates issues of seizure, fraud,
        censorship, and privacy invasion by overreaching and
        too-big-to-care service providers.

        Taskhive facilitates a truly free market with regards to
        payments -- any payment method users are willing to trade
        in will be supported.



        Censorship-resistant
        ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

        Censorship resistance is an important part of Taskhive's
        freedom. It is the first freelancer network that allows its
        users to decide for themselves what category of tasks they want
        to offer services in, what payment methods they want to use,
        and who and what services they want to trust, with no hard
        moderation or accounts to ban.

        The guessing work and bureaucracy is finally gone and the flood
        gates of true free trade are open.
        


        Task-based
        ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

        Taskhive is task-based, meaning you don't pay for mystery
        hours or future promises -- you pay for the individual tasks
        you need and nothing more. This makes communicating, switching
        workers out, and reaching goals a simpler and less costly
        process.

        For workers who wish to continue using hourly rates, they may
        do so by selling blocks of time as a task itself (e.g. 10 hours
        of design work) as may be necessary for tasks with no clear
        outcome.



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───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

        Taskhive is a project funded and started by RZZT, a freedom and
        security focused collective.


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        RZZT is a member of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and
        the Free Software Foundation (FSF). It is dedicated to promoting
        user privacy, security and freedom.

        RZZT produces various desktop and mobile tools, applications and
        games to help tip the balance towards FOSS and privacy as a
        standard.

        As a FOSS project though, there will be various contributors to
        Taskhive -- no single entity controls it or is responsible for
        it. Like all FOSS projects, it survives and grows due to self
        interest.



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───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

        Taskhive utilizes Bitmessage, a decentralized anonymous
        messaging network. It has no need for traditional centralized
        servers that can be compromised, leaked and broken. As an open
        source program, it does not have the ability to spy on its
        users without them knowing.

        Thanks to Bitmessage's robust decentralized network storage,
        Taskhive can function without the need for a single
        point-of-failure database server, nor worry about hosting
        costs that other services use as an excuse for fee gouging.

 

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        Taskhive is expected for alpha release sometime in 2017.

        Since Taskhive will be empowering many citizens of the world
        to reclaim their financial freedom through honest work, it is
        imperative that it live up to its claims and not let its users
        be subject to attack from oppressive regimes.

        Given the difficulties of forcing bug fixes in a truly
        decentralized project, great care is being taken to allow for
        backwards compatibility, rock-hard security, and to ensue that
        all claims of privacy can be backed up with testing and proper
        auditing.

        

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        One of the significant benefits of being a decentralized, p2p
        network, is that location simply doesn't matter. Anyone from
        anywhere can participate in the freelancer marketplace,
        commissioning work from others, or offering services of their
        own.

        Taskhive can help equalize the market, rewarding the skilled, 
        knowledgeable, handy and available equally for their involvement.

        No more politics -- just free market!





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───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

        This simple comparison chart outlines some of the anti-features
        of existing freelance networks and how Taskhive stands up to
        them in comparison.



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║                  ║ Taskhive │ Freelancer │ Upwork/Elance │ Toptal │ Craigslist ║
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║ Messages are     ║          │            │               │        │            ║
║ encrypted        ║          │            │               │        │            ║
╟──────────────────╫──────────┼────────────┼───────────────┼────────┼────────────╢
║ Users can        ║          │            │               │        │            ║
║ remain anonymous ║          │            │               │        │            ║
╟──────────────────╫──────────┼────────────┼───────────────┼────────┼────────────╢
║ Network is       ║          │            │               │        │            ║
║ decentralized    ║          │            │               │        │            ║
╟──────────────────╫──────────┼────────────┼───────────────┼────────┼────────────╢
║ Censorship-free  ║          │            │               │        │            ║
╟──────────────────╫──────────┼────────────┼───────────────┼────────┼────────────╢
║ Cryptocurrency   ║          │            │               │        │            ║
║ support          ║          │            │               │        │            ║
╟──────────────────╫──────────┼────────────┼───────────────┼────────┼────────────╢
║ Open source      ║          │            │               │        │            ║
╟──────────────────╫──────────┼────────────┼───────────────┼────────┼────────────╢
║ Free             ║          │            │               │        │            ║
╟──────────────────╫──────────┼────────────┼───────────────┼────────┼────────────╢
║ Provides         ║          │            │               │        │            ║
║ optional escrow  ║          │            │               │        │            ║
╟──────────────────╫──────────┼────────────┼───────────────┼────────┼────────────╢
║                  ║          │            │               │        │            ║
╟──────────────────╫──────────┼────────────┼───────────────┼────────┼────────────╢
║                  ║          │            │               │        │            ║
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───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

    This file is part of Taskhive.

    Taskhive is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU AFFERO GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE as
    published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
    License, or (at your option) any later version.

    Taskhive is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
    GNU AFFERO GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE for more details.

    You should have received a copy of the GNU AFFERO GENERAL PUBLIC
    LICENSE along with Taskhive.  If not, see
    <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl.html>.