Castoshi 29 - Microtasks at scale with HUGS
Zubair Quraishi
CEO and developer of Yazz VisualJS. Opensource low code internal tools in Javascript
I just recorded another podcast episode where I learnt about a micro tasks platform built with crypto. Enjoy, and please visit our sponsor Damex at https://www.damex.io
Episode 29 - Microtasks at scale with Hugs
00:00 Introduction
00:30 What is HUGS?
00:20 How HUGS compare to other Mechanical Turk style services?
05:45 How did HUGS research the market?
06:40 What is HUGS initial product and roadmap?
10:01 Is HUGS going to be available on Blockchains other than Solana?
11:25 Status of HUGS and the current release
12:45 Specific examples of tasks that can be done better with HUGS microtasks, and how they are done today
15:20 The HUGS reviewer system and how it compares to Wikipedia editing
18:50 Staking of HUGS token and reputation
21:45 How HUGS can help local governments save money
22:30 What benefits are there to third party developers building on top of HUGS protocol?
24:00 Growth of the micro tasking market and how to build an ecosystem by having an open platform
25:30 Have non-crypto micro platforms like Task Rabbit tried to build similar systems?
27:30 How organisations will be able to use the HUGS platform
29:50 Has anyone tried to copy HUGs?
32:00 Proof of concept of HUGS is already running
32:20 Links and whitepaper