The world of today is staggeringly different from the world
just a few decades ago, jobs that were commonplace in the old days, are
typically all but abolished, or have been taken over by automated systems.
However, this progress has also lead to the development of new industries and
sectors that require entirely unique, and sometimes specialized skill-sets. However,
the demand for new and specific skills makes it ever more difficult for
professional and personal profiles to exactly match the requirements of the
market. Skyllz believes that making these skills tangible via their platform is
a key factor in meeting the needs of this fast-changing environment.
What is Skyllz?
Skyllz is an open-source, blockchain-based skills validation
protocol. The purpose of the platform is the build an ecosystem where users can
demonstrate their skills and talents, whilst enabling them to learn new ones. The
project is a unified system that allows individuals to assess and monitor their
skills, share skills with each other and demonstrate competency for a role
without unnecessary restrictions. The Skyllz distributed platform looks to
allow users to validate their skills across Stapps using their proof-of-skill
system (Skyllz reputation), whilst allowing them to finance their own learning
and self-development using the Skyllz token, further improving their profile.
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| Using its proof-of-skill system, Skyllz will let users validate their skills across multiple platforms |
The Skyllz Distributed Platform (SDF) allows the open-source
distributed blockchain community to develop STapps that can be used across
platforms, allowing users to built out their profile with skills acquired on
sites plugged into the Skyllz network, with hopes to get huge E-learning
platforms like such Courera, Udemy and others on board to massively simplify
this process.
The Skyllz Token
If the Skyllz Distributed Platform is build on the Ethereum
blockchain as an ERC-20 token. The ticker for Skyllz token is SKT, and these
tokens are used within the platform to make payments for services, material and
other content available via the platform, allowing users to test their skills,
gain new ones, and certify current ones.
SKT has a fixed supply, and can be used for rewarding Raters,
which are individuals deciding whether a user should be given a certain amount
of proof-of-skill for a specific skills, or can be used to confirm the
conditions of a smart-contract were met. Over time, it is thought that the
proof-of-skill will come close to representing the different skills levels
involved for a particular ability, and so will be able to distinguish individuals
on their true skill, rather than simply qualifications or interviews.
The Skyllz Team
The team behind Skyllz come from a wide range of
backgrounds, with a large amount of experience in related industries, including
blockchain, startups, coaching and engineering. The founders of the team are Alvaro
Marceno, Jesús Ávila and Antonio Román, a group who had previously spent over
2.5 years together working at Workkola (the parent of Skyllz). Besides this the
rest of the team consists of 6 other members, Alejandro Jurado, Giorgio Fidei,
Elsa Camí, Ilenia Piana, Hugo Immink, Brice Chalopet which cover a wide range
of technical and non-technical backgrounds
Our Opinion;
In a fast paced world, a lot has changed in a short space of
time. Skyllz identifies a real need to better express the skills of individuals
and workers, as the final days of the resumé are long overdue. The platform
allows users to put their best put forwards, and demonstrate their skills using
their unique proof-of-skill system which we think might just be the successor
to the antiquated resumé. We believe that the success of the platform hinges on
acquiring major partnerships with established players in related fields, such
as LinkedIn and Udemy, which would allow Skyllz to thrive as an ecosystem.
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