Removing centralized fees produces a more efficient marketplace for workers, verifiers, and requesters alike by eliminating rent seeking intermediaries, leaving gas for posters as the only cost.
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The lack of fees on the Semada platform creates a more efficient marketplace for workers, verifiers, and requesters alike through the removal of the rent seeking intermediators.
Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralized Mechanical Turk Through Verified Reputation (2018). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3128900
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posters pay gas on the Ethereum blockchain, viewers do not
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