Bitcoin Payments Make Perfect Sense for Outsourcing Micro Jobs
Micro jobs are an important aspect of decentralizing the job market. In fact, one could go as far as saying that micro jobs are a cog in the machine that makes up the sharing economy since individuals and businesses can pay anyone in the world to complete a task. Pending regulation and taxation aside, for the time being, the question is whether or not....
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With the Trump effect and the promise of lower corporate tax rates (35 percent to 15 percent), we are likely to see a resurgence of moving jobs back onshore. However, not all of this will be done by people. Overcapacity in outsourcing. Why would any organization these days outsource anything using offshore labor arbitrage? As many IT (ITO) and business process outsourcing (BPO) contracts come up for renewal, the question remains, how many rebids will be successful - 50 percent, 25 percent or 10 percent? There is overcapacity in outsourcing as demonstrated by further mergers - HP acquiring....
CME Group, one of the world’s largest derivatives marketplaces, has launched micro-sized bitcoin and ether options. “The launch of these micro-sized options builds on the significant growth and liquidity we have seen in our micro bitcoin and micro ether futures,” said a CME executive.
CME Now Offers Micro Bitcoin, Ether Options
CME Group announced Monday that it is now offering options on micro bitcoin and micro ether futures. CME’s Micro Bitcoin futures (MBT) is 1/10 the size of one bitcoin (BTC) and Micro Ether futures (MET) is similarly sized at....
With 2015 getting ever closer, many of us are creating our “good intentions” list. The top 3 on these lists usually involve losing weight, quitting cigarettes, or trying to be more optimistic. For those of us that have been laid off or have our contracts cancelled, finding a job is probably on the “good intentions list” as well. If you like digital currency and all things that revolve around Bitcoin, why not make a job out of something you love? Now, where do you find these kinds of crypto jobs? There are numerous places where you can find job openings. The first place you can find job....
The highly-anticipated 21 Bitcoin computer, which has the bitcoin protocol as part of its operating system, has been touted as a long-hoped-for solution to enabling micro transactions over the Internet. But one technology observer has voiced doubts about this based on the amount of power the device will require. Timothy B. Lee, a senior editor at Vox Media, wrote an extensive article why the 21 Bitcoin computer will not become the solution for micropayments. He claims the computer will consume too much electricity to be profitable for users, will be hackable, and will need to be replaced....
British multinational banking service company Barclays recently launched a new service that allows people to make payments using a Twitter handle. Meanwhile, we couldn't help ourselves comparing this new payment service (called Pingit) with the widely accessed cryptocurrency tipping services, such as ChangeTip. One could clearly see how Barclays has fed on the idea of micro tipping services. They have conceptualized their service around small payments that could be exchanged between friends and family, or could also be given as donations and "tips". The only conceptual difference that....