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EasyStaff and the crypto rabbit hole
7 months ago
General
I'm not sure if there's a web page for the official announcement but it's discussed in this blog post here: https://easystaff.io/building-easystaff
The short version is that the weird and awkward payment platform EasyStaff is now scraping an extra fee off of transactions and basically forcing you to buy into a crypto DAO pyramid scheme.
It was already rather tedious for me to use EasyStaff's services to pay artists for commissions but I was willing to go through it in the rare case when it was required, but from here on out I think I'm going to be a lot more insistent on NOT using this platform.
EDIT - it occurred to me that I could just copy and paste the text of the email. So here it is:
Hello,
A new client fee on EasyStaff Connect will be introduced on September 1, 2025.
3% DAO Benefit Fee is the first step toward launching our DAO mechanism. DAO is a decentralized model where key decisions are made by community members — customers and freelancers.
Why are we introducing this fee?
This innovation is in line with our strategy to develop EasyStaff Connect according to the principles of autonomy and decentralization.
Please note: All funds collected with 3% DAO Benefit Fee will be redistributed to token holders.
What does this mean in practice?
DAO tokens will be stored in personal accounts of users. Tokens are awarded for completing DAO missions:
Tokens reflect your contribution to the platform’s growth;
Tokens help you vote on future development of EasyStaff Connect and influence it;
Additional income (Benefits) is available to token holders.
Stay tuned for more information on how to earn DAO tokens and receive Benefits.
Best,
The EasyStaff Connect Team
The short version is that the weird and awkward payment platform EasyStaff is now scraping an extra fee off of transactions and basically forcing you to buy into a crypto DAO pyramid scheme.
It was already rather tedious for me to use EasyStaff's services to pay artists for commissions but I was willing to go through it in the rare case when it was required, but from here on out I think I'm going to be a lot more insistent on NOT using this platform.
EDIT - it occurred to me that I could just copy and paste the text of the email. So here it is:
Hello,
A new client fee on EasyStaff Connect will be introduced on September 1, 2025.
3% DAO Benefit Fee is the first step toward launching our DAO mechanism. DAO is a decentralized model where key decisions are made by community members — customers and freelancers.
Why are we introducing this fee?
This innovation is in line with our strategy to develop EasyStaff Connect according to the principles of autonomy and decentralization.
Please note: All funds collected with 3% DAO Benefit Fee will be redistributed to token holders.
What does this mean in practice?
DAO tokens will be stored in personal accounts of users. Tokens are awarded for completing DAO missions:
Tokens reflect your contribution to the platform’s growth;
Tokens help you vote on future development of EasyStaff Connect and influence it;
Additional income (Benefits) is available to token holders.
Stay tuned for more information on how to earn DAO tokens and receive Benefits.
Best,
The EasyStaff Connect Team
At least with established currencies there's no rug-pull risk and it's widespread enough that you can hardly call it pyramid more than regular money.
Haven't informed myself yet about EasyStaff however.
In this case we've just got another round of the classic pyramid scheme: Encourage people to "invest" in something, coax them with benefits for duping more "investors", make promises of investment returns based on no actual productive economic activity. Just a bunch of hokum trying to get people excited about being a part of something, so they can sit back and get rich by not actually doing anything at all.
The big ones like Bitcoin, Ethereum and Dogecoin are stable enough that they can serve as money, Literally none gets scammed by the currency when using those. If artists would accept it, I would certainly use dogecoin for paying (or look into some others).
And there are also "stable coin" that are explicitly not about changing their value but being tied to USD or other regular currencies.
The biggest problem is that there are so many options (incl. the small ones that do bear risks) and the furry community will probably not be able to decide for one (and conversion has fees). Paypal and co are still more convenient without doubt. But it might just be that we get forced to use something entirely different...
The future is so cool. -_-