Working with the Hydra: Providing Services to Decentralized Organizations

Remote work may be the standard for many knowledge-workers during the time of COVID-19, but ‘remote’ and ‘decentralized’ are two very different concepts.

Many companies, particularly in the knowledge-rich and tech-savvy blockchain space, work with their team members dispersed around the globe. Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao memorably noted that “Office and HQ are old concepts like SMS and MMS.”

But most companies still have a hierarchy, a clear understanding of who does what. Titles. Responsibilities. KPI’s. Some hold the purse, and others test the strength of the strings.

Doing business with another company is a time-honored and battle-tested process, and often one that begins with a contact at the other business. Plenty of businesses hire specifically because of the contacts the new employee brings with them.

But what about working with truly decentralized organizations… or even nebulous-sounding ‘protocols’ such as Ethereum, Dash or Tezos?

Where does a traditional service-based company begin if they want to provide their services, when nobody holds the title they’re used to searching for on LinkedIn?

The Growth of Decentralized Organizations

Cryptocurrency has hammered home the concept of decentralization like never before. Bitcoin may have led public awareness, but behind the scenes………

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Author: Christina Comben
Original link: https://magazine.cointelegraph.com/2020/04/15/hydra-working-decentralized-organizations/