How ARC works
From brief to on-chain payout, in six steps.
- 01
Connect a wallet
Your Solana wallet is your ARC identity. Sign one message — no email, no password, no funds moved.
- 02
Post or apply
Employers publish a scoped brief with budget and deadline. Workers pitch with a price and a delivery window.
- 03
Commit the budget
Hiring creates a contract and records the employer's committed budget, so both sides work against the same number.
- 04
Deliver and approve
Move the contract from in progress to submitted to approved, with every step timestamped on the shared timeline.
- 05
Release $ARC
The employer signs the transfer from their own wallet. ARC verifies the confirmed transaction on chain before closing the contract.
- 06
Build reputation
Completed contracts and reviews feed a reputation score that travels with your wallet, not a profile page.
Payments
Budgets are quoted in USD and settle as real $ARC transfers on Solana at the live rate. Every payout is reviewed by an ARC admin, signed from the ARC treasury wallet, and confirmed on chain before the contract closes.
If something goes wrong
Either side can open a dispute, which freezes the contract and opens a 14-day evidence window. Once both parties submit proof, an ARC admin rules to pay the worker or refund the employer.
Read the dispute & refund policy →