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Crypto Jobs List
Marketplace · Web3 hiring · Founded 2017 · Singapore
👤 Raman Shalupau (Crypto engineer hunting a crypto job — he WAS the buyer. Built in public on X, earning trust before he had supply.)🌐 siteksaitor.com𝕏LinkedIn

Late 2017: crypto minted startups faster than they could hire. Raman built the hiring channel — and charged to post.

Will it work? · our read
Rode the wave. A no-code MVP timed to a gold rush. The real lesson isn't crypto — it's spotting a vertical exploding overnight that no one owns the hiring channel for.
01How the money moves
ICO startups, flush with token cash, can't hire devs fast enough
CJL owns the #1 web3 hiring channel, SEO and newsletter
Employer pays about $199 to post a featured job
02The numbers
$4K/mo
Revenue, month 6
founder '18
$199
Price per post
founder '18
215+
Startups hiring
founder '18
All first-party, May 2018. Current revenue undisclosed; we reject Latka's $6.8M estimate. Founder's 2018 write-up
Verified about $4K/mo (Apr 2018, founder); current undisclosed.
03Weight class — CENTStap an axis
ControlEntryNeedTimeScale
Control Mid
Owns the 'crypto jobs' SEO and brand after years of authority — but nothing stops a clone ranking beside it.
04The key move
Sell hiring shovels
Oct 2017: ICO startups had cash but no devs. Raman shipped the first dedicated web3 job board, hand-seeded 5-10 jobs, then charged $199 a post. By month six: about $4K/mo.
fact
The counter-intuitive move
Timing was half luck — he was job-hunting in crypto himself. The transferable part: spot a vertical mid-explosion where nobody yet owns hiring.
our read
05Where the moat is
The moat isn't code — it's the position.
First-mover SEO for 'crypto jobs'Category-defining brand + newsletter9 years of employer relationshipsBuilt-in-public founder audience on X
06How it diesmedium confidence
Crypto winter. When token prices crash, startups freeze hiring and $199 posts vanish overnight — the cycle that built it can gut it. And a swarm of copycat boards keeps chipping at the SEO lead. our read
Show evidence · counter
Evidence: Still the #1 web3 board, 130+ fresh jobs in Jul 2026.
Counter: It has already survived two crypto winters (2018, 2022) and is still the category leader in 2026 — brand and SEO proved stickier than the cycle.
07Against rivals
Crypto Jobs Listabout $150-300/post
web3.careerposts + ad slots
cryptocurrencyjobsflat fee/post
cryptojobs.compackages
Web3 job boards are crowded; CJL's edge is age, SEO authority and brand, not price. Rival prices approximate. our read
08Who uses it
Crypto & web3 startupsExchanges & walletsDeFi / DAO teamsRemote devs & designersWeb3 recruiters
Would it work for you?
Is there a vertical you're already inside that's exploding right now — where nobody owns the hiring, listings or deal-flow channel yet?
CJL won by being first in a niche the founder already lived in. What niche are you inside? We don't score you — you answer.
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You are a sharp, honest startup strategist. Use the proven case below as a launchpad for MY idea — help me find my own angle, not copy it. <my_profile> Domain I know: [your domain] My unfair advantage (access/audience): [your edge] Interests: [your interests] Resources & goal: [your resources] · [your goal] </my_profile> <case name="Crypto Jobs List" model="marketplace"> What it does: A niche vertical job board for web3 hiring. Employers pay about $199 to post a featured job; seekers browse free. Why it won (moat): First-mover, plus years of SEO authority and brand for 'crypto jobs' and a built-in-public founder audience. Weakest axis (CENTS): Near-zero barrier to entry (the MVP was Google Forms + Zapier) and one-off, cyclical revenue tied to the crypto market. How it could die: A crypto winter freezes hiring so posts vanish, while copycat boards erode the SEO lead. </case> <task> Be a skeptical operator, not a cheerleader. No generic startup platitudes. If my angle is weak, say so plainly. First, a reality check: markets like this mostly fail. State the honest base rate (how crowded/hard is this?) and the ONE specific thing that would have to be true for ME to be the exception — grounded in my profile above. Then a compact table: - Fit — does this pattern suit my edge, or fight my gap? - Angle — my sharpest differentiation vs Crypto Jobs List (concrete, not "better UX") - Distribution — exactly where my first 100 users come from (this is the hardest part — be specific, not "content marketing") - Risk — its "how it dies" (above) in MY situation Finish with one line: "The single thing to do next." Use only the facts above; if data is thin, say so — never invent numbers. Then stay with me and go deeper on whatever I ask — tech stack, rough cost & time, the smallest MVP to test, pricing, or timing. </task>
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Sourcesupdated · daily
Revenue is the founder's own first-party figure — about $4,000/month by April 2018 at $199/post, from his May 2018 write-up. Verified first-party, but a 2018 snapshot: the board is still the 2026 category leader, yet current revenue is undisclosed. We explicitly reject Latka's $6.8M / 297-employee estimate as implausible for a niche job board (the headcount alone is nonsense). Competitor prices are approximate, and the crypto-winter 'dies' thesis is our read, tempered by the fact it has already survived two winters. We never score you.