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Adam Jackson

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
676 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

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SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He Converted SaaS to Blockchain, Now $230m Market Cap to Kill Fiverr

We're building a useful network so people can find gigs and not pay any fees.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He Converted SaaS to Blockchain, Now $230m Market Cap to Kill Fiverr

We're built for the talent, by the talent, owned by the talent.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He Converted SaaS to Blockchain, Now $230m Market Cap to Kill Fiverr

Last week, there was a community protocol upgrade where the community basically said, hey, that 10% fee collected from clients in cash needs to be paid in brain trust token.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He Converted SaaS to Blockchain, Now $230m Market Cap to Kill Fiverr

The community developed a new smart contract called the fee converter, which takes US dollars from clients like Goldman Sachs or Nike.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He Converted SaaS to Blockchain, Now $230m Market Cap to Kill Fiverr

and sends it to that smart contract.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He Converted SaaS to Blockchain, Now $230m Market Cap to Kill Fiverr

That smart contract buys brain trust tokens on the open market, sends it to the DAO, and the DAO is used to fund more community development, more protocol development.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He Converted SaaS to Blockchain, Now $230m Market Cap to Kill Fiverr

So that creates a link between activity on the marketplace, i.e.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He Converted SaaS to Blockchain, Now $230m Market Cap to Kill Fiverr

fees being generated, and demand for the brain trust token.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He Converted SaaS to Blockchain, Now $230m Market Cap to Kill Fiverr

Now,

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He Converted SaaS to Blockchain, Now $230m Market Cap to Kill Fiverr

I personally had nothing to do with that upgrade.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He Converted SaaS to Blockchain, Now $230m Market Cap to Kill Fiverr

It was a community-led thing.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He Converted SaaS to Blockchain, Now $230m Market Cap to Kill Fiverr

But if you think about it, that could create different demand dynamics for the token.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He Converted SaaS to Blockchain, Now $230m Market Cap to Kill Fiverr

So that could be one explanation there.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He Converted SaaS to Blockchain, Now $230m Market Cap to Kill Fiverr

The other explanation is, why does Bitcoin go up and down?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He Converted SaaS to Blockchain, Now $230m Market Cap to Kill Fiverr

It's very hard to say.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He Converted SaaS to Blockchain, Now $230m Market Cap to Kill Fiverr

There's a lot of speculation in this market.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He Converted SaaS to Blockchain, Now $230m Market Cap to Kill Fiverr

Oh, man.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He Converted SaaS to Blockchain, Now $230m Market Cap to Kill Fiverr

I'm trying to think of what I said last time so I could say something different.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He Converted SaaS to Blockchain, Now $230m Market Cap to Kill Fiverr

Anyway, I'll just say it.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He Converted SaaS to Blockchain, Now $230m Market Cap to Kill Fiverr

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