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Skill Duel

Prove a skill live: timed challenge, peer judged, result minted to your profile.

Ada claims she can design a landing page in an hour. She takes a Skill Duel, two peers judge, and the badge proves it beyond a portfolio.

Built for

The jobs it does

Own my identity and reputationTurn what I know into income
Blueprint

How the vessel is built

Mission

Let anyone prove what they can do in one honest hour, judged by peers, and carry that proof everywhere.

The need

Freelancers and self taught makers are asked to prove their portfolio is really theirs. Portfolios can be borrowed, AI assisted or made by a team, and clients have no cheap way to check. People need a proof of skill that was produced in front of witnesses.

What it will never do

  • Publish a failed attempt or a score below the pass mark
  • Reject an entry for copying without a human looking at it
  • Sell entrant files or contact details
  • Promise jobs, income or any reward for holding a badge
Owner playbook

Pick your voyage

Portfolios can be faked and certificates can be bought. Own Skill Duel and you run the live, peer judged test that proves someone can actually do it, from your wallet and brand. The challenges, the judges and the hiring partners are yours.

Straight answers

Before you own it

What if judges are unfair?

Use two or three judges, blind scoring where possible, and publish the rubric before the timer starts. Ban judges who score far off the others.

Will people pay to be tested?

Some will, if the badge gets them work. Start free, then charge once a hiring partner is looking at results.

I can't code.

You do not need to. Skill Duel arrives working, deployed from your own wallet with a written guide for every step. You will click, paste and fill in names. If you ever want a change you cannot make, the custom option or a freelancer can handle it, but the first launch needs no code.

Is it really mine?

Yes. The contract is deployed from your wallet on Base, the code sits in your own git repo, and the name and brand are yours. DEPLOYR does not hold your keys or take a cut of what Skill Duel earns. If you stop paying anyone tomorrow, the app keeps running on your wallet.

What if nobody uses Skill Duel?

That is the most likely early outcome, and it is fixable. The paths below start with you as the first user, then ten real designers, developers and freelancers who want to prove a skill you can name today. If ten people you message do not care after you have shown it to them, you have learned something useful in a week instead of a year.

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