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Nikita Bolotskiy

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Product

Our Colosseum week: what we shipped and what we cut

This week Worqen is competing in the Colosseum hackathon with Superteam Brasil. Here's what we changed in the product, why we renamed our roles, and what we cut from our pitch deck after the first honest feedback.

Nikita Bolotskiy·Sep 23, 2026·2 min read

Product

Now you have a link that speaks for you

A résumé is written about you, by you. A Worqen public page shows only what actually happened: completed contracts verified on-chain, and reviews from people who actually paid you.

Nikita Bolotskiy·Sep 3, 2026·3 min read

Guides

How to get your money out of Worqen

Your money on Worqen sits in your wallet, not on a platform balance. Here's how to move it to an exchange or your own wallet - and what we're building next to make local currency possible.

Nikita Bolotskiy·Sep 2, 2026·4 min read

Product

Disputes aren't won by whoever's right - they're won by whoever can show it

When two sides disagree, what decides it isn't memory or tone - it's what was recorded. Here's how to work so the evidence collects itself.

Nikita Bolotskiy·Sep 1, 2026·5 min read

Product

We removed the most tedious part of posting a job

The hard part of posting a job isn't writing it - it's tagging it. Worqen now reads your description and suggests categories and skills. Nothing is applied until you tap it.

Nikita Bolotskiy·Aug 31, 2026·4 min read

Work broke into projects. The money for it didn't

Skill demand is being rewritten faster than people can retrain. The work is increasingly done by independents. And it still gets paid for the way it was ten years ago. Working through the data from the WEF, MBO Partners and a16z.

Nikita Bolotskiy·Aug 26, 2026·4 min read

Product

Nobody should have to pay first. And nobody should have to work first.

One asks for 50% upfront. The other says do the work first. The deal dies and neither of them is wrong. Here's how escrow and disputes make that conversation unnecessary.

Nikita Bolotskiy·Aug 26, 2026·3 min read

Product

When a deal goes wrong: how Worqen takes the scam out of hiring

In ordinary hiring, someone always risks first - and gets ghosted. Here's how Worqen removes that risk with on-chain escrow, milestones, and disputes.

Nikita Bolotskiy·Jun 20, 2026·2 min read

Product

Building Worqen #1 — the week reputation went on-chain

Nikita CEO Worqen

Nikita Bolotskiy·Jun 19, 2026·1 min read

Product

I'd like to hear your opinion.

Nikita Bolotskiy

Nikita Bolotskiy·Jun 18, 2026·1 min read

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