mTasks

Steem mTasks is a Fiverr like platform built on top of STEEM Blockchain using blockchain's Escrow features. At it's current state it is no where near as complete as Fiverr is but its a start and there is plenty to come. You can take it as SteemGigs.org alternative.

Features

• Account creation and login using SteemConnect
• Creation of services
• Listing of services by category, by user
• User profile page
• User dashboard
• Placing orders using steem escrow

How it works

• First a user creates an account on the site using SteemConnect. After that user can create services or order services created by others.
• Created service is posted on STEEM Blockchain with nice formating and some important data is saved into site's database.
• Now any registered Steem user can order the service by creating an escrow transfer to the SELLER, using site's account as the AGENT. Agent may require a fee. This is done by click on a button.
• Money is kept on the blockchain, and if the SELLER and AGENT approves the order within 3 days, SELLER can start working on the order and deliver. Escrow warranty period is 2 months.
• If BUYER approves the delivered work, s/he can release the money. Both buyer and seller can dispute the order and AGENT will step in to make the final decision. (In development)

Screenshots

Image: This is how a service will look

Image: Add service form

Image: Registration form

Image: User's dashboard

Image: User profile page

Image: Placing an order

How to install and contribute

Clone the repository, make changes to config.js according to your credentials. Open up app.js and change mongo_url or add a node environment variable called MONGOLAB_URI.

Open up Terminal and inset following commands:

npm install

For production use:

npm run start

For development use:

npm run devstart

Technologies used

• Node JS (v8.10.0)
• MongoDB (3.4.13)
• Express JS (4.16.2)
• Mongoose (5.0.9)
• Steem JS (0.7.1)
• Materialize (1.0.0-alpha.4)

Limitations

• I was not able to Hot sign or create Escrow Transfer through SteemConnect SDK. If there is way of doing it, please let me know or send a pull request.

TODO

Currently I am considering it as a working proof of concept. Lots of work to be done including but not limited to:

• Adding SteemConnect Escrow transfer (Not requiring user's active private key)
• Adding on site cover image upload
• Adding form fields and other validations
• Adding in-site project delivery
• Adding seller and buyer rating system
• Adding all the required dashboard features for buyer, seller, and agent
• and many more...

DEMO: https://steemmtask.herokuapp.com

GitHub: https://github.com/CodeBull/mTasks

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