Name: Vouch Desk
Brand: DEPLOYR
Price: 219 USD
Availability: PreOrder

Picture this

Who it is for

A startup wants proof of Solidity skill. They pay 5 USDC per verified request, the candidate approves and earns it, and spam recruiters disappear.

Two ways to own it

What you get

Base$219

$55 deposit to reserve

Request inbox, USDC escrow, consent release, proof delivery.

You choose: chain
You choose: name and logo
You choose: accent color
You choose: fee amount

Customfrom $1,600

Built around you

Reshape it entirely: new features, your flows, your brand end to end, integrations you need. We scope it with you.

Everything in Base
Custom features and design
Priority build

Why it is new

What exists today, and what this does differently

What is new

No product found that pays candidates in USDC when recruiters request their verified proofs.

Closest things out there

Gen Digital/Accenture and a patented smart-contract consent flow let recruiters request verified credentials with consent, but none pay the candidate per request.

Checked with web searches in October 2026. A search is not proof that nothing similar exists, and the market moves fast, so we recheck before every build.

What it unlocks

The human in it

Your verified record earns for you.

The Regatta Board

Races it can enter

hackathon · Circle · upcoming

Arc / Circle developer programs and hackathons

unknown

Official page ↗

USDC payments; eligibility unknown.

Their rule on existing code: unknown

grant · Circle · rolling

Circle Developer Grants

unknown

Official page ↗

Eligibility unknown.

Their rule on existing code: unknown

What you own

The whole app, not a starter kit.

The complete Vouch Desk app: candidates set a fee for their attention, recruiters pay it into escrow to request verified proofs, and nothing is released without the candidate's tap, with plans and checkout built in.

Base price · $219

The user app, complete

Every buyer gets the same finished app. Basic branding and copy changes come through a quick form.

Three step onboardingHome

Shown once: set a fee for your attention, nothing leaves without your tap, you get paid.

Desk status and spam drawingHome

Waiting requests, fee, earnings, proofs and the before and after mail cubbies.

Fee settingDesk

Fee per request with a coin stack and guidance on spam levels.

Proof listDesk

Audit, mainnet deploy, commits and reference; salary history is locked out by design.

Desk page previewDesk

What a recruiter sees, with the refund window.

Request inboxRequests

A real startup, a mass recruiter and an overreaching fund, each with escrowed fees and flags.

Approve, partial release or declineRequests

Release by encrypted link, partial release on overreach, or decline with refund.

Earnings and Friday ledgerEarnings

Earnings after the platform cut and a ledger of every release and refund.

Earnings share card and plansEarnings

Shareable card and pricing from the owner paywall.

Verified company badgeHiring

Recruiter teams verify their domain. Gated behind Hiring team.

Saved searches and reply priorityHiring

Search opted in candidates; requests sorted first. Gated behind Hiring team.

Open the full app demo

Add-on

Owner console

Your admin side: revenue, paywall editor, users, rules and the agent log.

Revenue and paywall editorRevenue

Platform cut, hiring team plans, USDC payments, payment methods, live cut, price and gates.

RulesRules

Refund window, fee cap, escrow network, sponsored gas.

Desk agent log and roadmapAgent

What failed and the fix, running costs, and priced v2 and v3 builds.

Top-up

Growth and referrals

Referral and growth mechanics, switched on when you are ready to grow.

Growth loopsGrowth

Developer meetups, recruiters landing on desks, earnings cards and verified teams.

The money path, built in

How it earns for you

Candidates never pay. Recruiters pay the candidate's fee into escrow and the owner keeps a small cut of each released fee; hiring teams pay monthly for a verified badge and searches.

Candidate freeFreeRequest inbox, escrow, up to 5 proofs, Friday ledger

Platform cut10% of each released feeThe owner keeps a share of every approved request; refunds cost nothing

Hiring team$49 a monthVerified company badge, saved searches of candidates who opted in, faster reply priority, bulk refunds tracking

Platform cut set by the owner (default 10 percent). Escrow gas is well under a cent and sponsored.

Prices are yours to set. Illustrative, not a promise of income.

Growth loops, built in

How it spreads

Every recruiter lands on a candidate desk page and funds a wallet; many of their hires open desks
Candidates share earnings cards that pull in peers
Verified teams get better reply rates, pushing other teams to verify
Developer communities open desks together

Roadmap · build the next phase with us

Where it goes next

v1 included

The full candidate desk

Escrow with deposit, release and refund on expiry
Candidate desk page with fee and proofs
Recruiter request flow with card onramp
Release by encrypted link and attestation
Plans and checkout

Included

Proof issuers

Former employers sign references in app
Bootcamps issue course proofs
Code host export connectors
Issuer reputation

Add-on from $650

Talent network

Opt in talent search for teams
Team ATS integrations
Referral splits
Multi chain escrow

Add-on from $1,500

For investors and grant reviewers

The pitch, ready

Recruiters pay a small USDC fee to request verified proofs from candidates, who get paid when they approve.

Problem: Good engineers are flooded with low effort recruiter spam, while serious hiring teams cannot easily verify skills.

Solution: A candidate desk with a fee in escrow per request, consent based release of verified proofs, refunds on expiry, and a small platform cut.

Why now: Stablecoin escrow on Base costs fractions of a cent, embedded wallets and card onramps let recruiters pay without crypto setup, and attestations make proofs portable.

Market: Software and smart contract engineers, and the startups and teams hiring them.

The ask: Pilot with 200 engineers from two developer communities and 20 hiring teams.

Funding is never guaranteed. Check each program's rules.

For hackathons and demo days

Your 2 minute demo

Home: meet Amara in Accra with three paid requests at her desk.
Desk: set the fee to 5 USDC and pick which proofs are on offer.
Requests: approve Kestrel Works' request and get paid, with the share card.
Requests: see the mass recruiter flagged and the fund's salary ask partly released.
Earnings: open the Friday ledger.
Hiring: Kestrel Works unlocks Hiring team through the USDC checkout for the verified badge.
Owner Revenue: change the platform cut and team price, and preview the Plans sheet.
Owner Growth and Roadmap: run a developer meetup, then request proof issuers.

Many hackathons require code written at the event. See the Regatta Boardfor each race's rule.

Make it entirely yours

Custom work from $1,600: your proof types and issuers, ATS integrations, a community branded desk network, or other escrow chains. Scoped on a call.

Custom from $1,600

BLUEPRINT

Why it matters and how it really works

The need

Developers and specialists get dozens of recruiter messages a week, most of them bulk and unread, while the few serious hirers get buried. Recruiters, in turn, cannot easily verify claims on a CV. Both sides waste hours, and the candidate is never paid for the attention and the proof they hand over.

What exists and what is new

Closest existing: Gen Digital and Accenture have piloted digital credentials that recruiters can request with the candidate's consent, and a published patent describes a smart contract consent flow for releasing verified credentials. Paid inbox products exist for general messages. What we did not find is a flow where a recruiter's fee is escrowed per proof request and released to the candidate when they approve. The novelty is the payment per consented proof, not verified credentials themselves.

The data it runs on

Attestations the candidate already holds (audit reports, code host exports, references, employment letters) stored as EAS attestations or signed files the candidate controls; public chain data such as contracts the candidate deployed; the paying wallet's history (how many candidates it paid, whether its domain is verified). Proof contents stay off chain and encrypted until release.

1.The mission

Make your verified work earn for you. Anyone who wants proof of what you can do pays a small fee to ask, you decide what they see, and spam stops being free.

2.Why people can't resist it

Getting paid to read DMs The first 5 USDC from a recruiter feels like a small revenge on years of spam, and people tell friends about it.

The quiet inbox Going from forty blasts a week to two is an immediate, visible relief, and the weekly ledger shows it.

Proof gaps Seeing what hirers ask for and what you have not proved yet gives a clear next step, and a reason to come back.

3.How it works for real

Wallets: Email or passkey login through an embedded wallet (Privy or a Coinbase Smart Wallet) on Base or Arc. Gas sponsored by a paymaster, so recruiters only see a USDC amount.

Escrow contract: A small request escrow: recruiter deposits the fee with a request id and expiry. Candidate approval releases it to the candidate and emits a hash of what was shared; decline or expiry refunds the recruiter.

Proofs: Credentials as EAS attestations or signed documents. Release shares a time limited, encrypted link plus the attestation UIDs so the recruiter can verify the issuer independently.

Desk agent: A cheap fast model tier (for example Gemini Flash class or GPT mini class via OpenRouter) classifies requests against the candidate's rules, flags overreach like salary history, and suggests partial releases. It never releases on its own.

Abuse signals: An indexer (Ponder or a hosted subgraph) tracks how many candidates each paying wallet hits per hour and whether the company domain signed a message from that wallet.

Notifications: Push or email per request, plus a Friday ledger digest. Fiat onramp for recruiters who pay by card, offramp for candidates who want local currency.

4.Cost per use and pricing

Per request: one escrow deposit and one release or refund on Base, typically well under $0.01 each in gas at normal network load, sponsored by the app. Classifying a request with a Flash class model is roughly $0.001 or less. Storage of encrypted proofs is negligible. Example month: 2,000 requests cost roughly $20 to $40 in gas and models combined, against 10,000 USDC in fees flowing to candidates at 5 USDC each.

Candidate free Free

Request inbox, escrow, up to 5 proofs, Friday ledger.

Platform cut 10% of each released fee

The owner keeps a share of every approved request, refunds cost nothing.

Hiring team $49 per month

Verified company badge, saved searches of candidates who opted in, faster reply priority, bulk refunds tracking.

5.Growth loop

Every recruiter who wants a proof must land on the candidate's desk page, see how it works and fund a wallet; many of them hire people who then open their own desk. Candidates share their earnings card, which pulls in peers. Teams that verify their domain get better reply rates, which pushes other teams to verify.

6.Risks and guardrails

Employment law and discrimination: Some regions restrict what hirers may ask, such as salary history. The agent flags those asks, and the app never stores them.

Privacy of proofs: Released proofs can be copied. Share minimal, time limited views, watermark with the requester, and keep contents off chain.

Fake credentials: A proof is only as good as its issuer. Show the issuer clearly and let recruiters check attestations themselves.

Paying to bypass the gate: A well funded bulk recruiter can still pay. Rate limits per wallet and per candidate, plus candidate side auto decline rules, keep it costly.

Tax and payments: Fees may count as income for candidates. Provide an export, and do not give tax advice.

Contract bugs: Escrow holds real funds. Keep it small and audited, with a refund path on expiry that does not depend on the app being online.

7.Build order

Escrow contract with deposit, release, refund on expiry, on Base testnet
Candidate desk page with fee setting and proof list
Recruiter request flow with embedded wallet and card onramp
Release by encrypted link plus EAS attestation UIDs
Rules and the desk agent for overreach flags
Friday ledger email and earnings share card
Mainnet launch with small fee caps

8.Where this is going

Now
A paid request inbox for developers, so serious hirers reach them and spam pays or leaves.
Next
References pay the referee too, so the people who vouch for you share in what your record earns.
Later
Any professional, from nurses to translators, keeps a verified record that hirers pay to check, across borders.
The world
Your attention and your proven work stop being free inputs to other people's pipelines. Reputation becomes something you own and are paid for.

Costs and tools are estimates at the time of writing. General information only, not legal or financial advice.

OWNER PLAYBOOK

Own it, then chart your voyage

Nine routes from one vessel. Tap a port to open its chart.

Why own Vouch Desk

Vouch Desk makes recruiters pay a small USDC fee to request verified proofs from candidates, and the candidate keeps the fee. Running your own desk means the hiring community that trusts it, the fee on every request and the record of fair hiring all carry your name. You become the place where serious recruiters go because spam recruiters will not pay.

What’s stopping you?

“I can't code.”

You don't need to. The app ships deployed to your wallet with a setup guide. Your real work is getting the first five recruiters and candidates to try one request.

“Will recruiters really pay to ask?”

Some will not, and that is the filter. Start with small startups that already waste hours on fake CVs; 5 USDC is less than ten minutes of their time.

“Is it legal to pay candidates?”

Paying someone for their time to prepare a proof is ordinary, but employment and tax rules differ by country. Keep fees small, show them clearly, and do not use it to screen on protected traits.

“Is it really mine?”

Yes. The contracts deploy from your wallet, and the brand, domain and customer list are yours. DEPLOYR takes no cut of what you charge after purchase.

“What if it breaks?”

Records live onchain on contracts deployed from your wallet, so a page outage does not erase anything. Setup issues are covered by the get-it-shipped promise.

The million-dollar ladder

You take a visible fee on each paid proof request and sell monthly plans to recruiters and bootcamps for request bundles and a branded desk. Reaching $1M a year is a target to plan toward, not a promise. Volume depends on landing recruiters, not candidates.

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