Short work, done without the hiring process.
Not another job board. Companies post and fund a task once — Pico handles matching, qualification, review and payout.
Fix checkout form validation
Funded before work starts
Fund
Match
Qualify
Deliver
Pay
Released only when the task is done
Why Pico
The pains we actually solve
Clients want the result, not a hiring process. Workers want paid work, not an application process.
Clients
Hiring theatre for a small task
Post and fund once. The first qualified worker gets it — no CV browsing.
Clients
“I can do it” with no proof
A short test built for this task, passed before anyone is assigned.
Clients
Urgent fix after a bad contractor
The task goes straight to an eligible pool. No restarting the hiring loop.
Workers
Applications instead of work
Verified skill replaces CVs and cover letters. Matching tasks come to you.
Workers
Rejected or unpaid after delivery
USDC is locked before you start. Changes must point to a locked criterion.
Both
Silence after submission
No response 14 days after Submit Work → automatic payout from escrow.
Money exists
before work begins.
Every task is funded and locked in USDC before a worker sees it. The rest of Pico is built on that one rule.
The loop
From escrow to verified payout
Fund
Lock USDC before the task is published
Match
Eligible pool by verified skill
Qualify
First to pass the task test gets it
Deliver
Work against locked criteria
Pay
Accept, verify, or auto-pay in 14 days
Optional Independent Verification: a qualified reviewer checks the work against the criteria and is paid the same for PASS or NEEDS REVISION. Disagreements go to a dispute while funds stay locked.
Matching
No profile hunting
Verified skill
Profile-level check for a task category
Eligible pool
Pico sends the task only to fitting workers
Task test
Short, specific to this task
Assigned
First qualified worker gets the task
Pico is not looking for the best person in the marketplace. It builds a pool of suitable workers — qualification decides who starts.
Trust & reliability
Skill and reliability are separate
SKILL
What you can do
Verified once per category. Decides which tasks can reach you.
RELIABILITY
How you work on tasks
Deadlines, completions, cancellations, responsiveness, disputes.
Strong but often late, or less senior but always on time — Pico keeps the two apart. The reliability formula is not final, so no scores are shown yet.
Why Solana
Payment rules, not a pay button
USDC funding
Tasks are funded in a dollar stablecoin
Locked funds
Held for this task only until it ends
Auto payout
Worker and reviewer paid by task rules
Transaction proof
Every lock and payout has a record
Fast, low-cost
Fees stay small enough for short tasks
Solana is the infrastructure that enforces the payment rules — escrow, payout, reviewer reward and transparent settlement.