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crypto’s talent marketplace | connecting top developers to blockchain startups. Used by @blowfishxyz, @cega_fi, @chainflip and more.

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NYC Hackathon hosted by @ETHGlobal. If you're still in at @ethconf, don't forget to join us here!

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it's not too late to join. the hacking begins June 12-14 at Metropolitan Pavilion: https://t.co/gFMKPWMFfv

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@CryptoMagellan 👋

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@magicblock We can recommend rust engineers!

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@sammdec @aave Infra engineers are already using Sidechain to find crypto jobs. Could we connect you?

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@AsharBelanger @Polysights We can recommend frontend engineers!

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@OnChainDen 🎉

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@slopbleach @slashapp @column @tempo 👋 hiring engineers?

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@EmilieRaffo @klarakova 👋 we can connect you with security engineers!

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@annanay we got someone for you!

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@hardikthecoder

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@ethanyish Designers available to share!

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@brian_armstrong 🔗 we’ll connect coinbase talent to teams who are actively hiring right now!

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The hiring process is the signal. Protocols giving candidates real code to review on actual infra are converting. Protocols running LeetCode and culture fit chats are losing to them. In a market with ~500 ZK engineers globally, your process is either a filter for talent or a filter against it.

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The bear market didn't kill Web3 talent. It filtered it. Developers who stayed through 2022-2024 are now more experienced, more selective, and commanding comps that peak at $480K. You're not evaluating them. They're evaluating you.

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Token comp changed structurally. Cliff vesting is getting rejected outright. The model that's working: 60-70% base, milestone-based unlocks, token options instead of grants. Candidates now ask "what's the utility" before they ask the price. If you can't answer that, they're gone.

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The new hardest-to-fill category: engineers who sit at the AI/crypto intersection. ZK/ML for verifiable inference. On-chain agent execution. Decentralized compute infra. The role categories barely existed 18 months ago. The talent pipeline is essentially zero.

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Web3 hiring in 2026 isn't driven by VC raises anymore. It's driven by fee revenue. The protocols hiring aggressively right now are mostly ones generating real cash. That's a different quality of demand than 2021.

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The supply gaps that matter: Rust engineers with protocol depth. Security auditors who understand cross-chain vectors, AA wallets, and L2-specific attack surfaces. DeFi engineers who can also navigate TradFi compliance requirements for RWA. Each of these is structurally undersupplied — not cyclically.

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@DennisMidas @MidasRWA 👋 No better place to find engineering talent with talent security in mind.

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The team have arrived at #EthCC [9] 🇫🇷

If you’d like to chat about hiring, market sentiment or talent security give us a shout.