This is why I work alone and don't pay for promo.
Nobody but myself to disappoint if things don't work out.
But I also get to bask in all the glory if all goes as intended.
Just try to out work me.
Crypto has a dark side that very few people know about.
Behind every rug pull or failed project, there isn't just a community, there's a team that was promised the moon, only to be left stranded in the dirt.
It doesn't matter if the business is officially registered as a legal entity. It doesn't matter if you signed a formal agreement thinking it would protect you. When a project is abandoned, there is nothing left to hold onto to recover what you're owed. You are simply ignored, because the people who owe you money for your hard work know you're powerless, and that taking legal action would cost far too much.
To everyone out there working in Web3: don't make the same mistake I did. Don't trust promises. At the very first unpaid paycheck, run!
Months later, I’m still here chasing the thousands of dollars Tokeo owes me, with zero positive resolution.
I still believe in Web3, and I’d love to keep working in this space, but this experience has left a scar. It extinguished my enthusiasm and made it hard for me to even look for another job out of fear of getting burned again.
Still, I know there are good people out there too. I just hope to find them one day.