Git - the version control system which is in a way decentralized by itself, pair it with smart contracts to release funds when certain milestones in the development of a software project are reached.
Utopian.io revolutionized voting on software project hosted on GitHub by combining Steem with Github. But as far as I see you still can't pay individual developers by their code contributions or support QA aka bug-hunters and bug fixers by way of having bounties in smart contract form.
Nice GUI to propose projects but I don't see Git integration
Building platforms and I think even GitHub itself can mark if a project builds. That's a good first step to ensure the code build actually builds but that doesn't cover functionality.
Functions you want your software to perform are usually written down in a document called Project Specification or RFC as in Request for Comments on infrastructure the internet. You can also have automated test which you can write in advance and when run you get a "passed/failed". When a piece of the software you are writing gets implemented you could be paid by smart contract automagically!
Imagine that you as an investor or developer propose a project where most of the funds from your ICO or other form of funds collection get locked up in a smart contract until certain building milestones are met and developers get paid. Developers have also certainty that there is enough money and thus can trust that the project owners don't leave in an exit scam with all the funds. Of course this applies to (public) share holders or investors as well. Because through methods like ICO's we the people can actually invest directly in projects.
FundRequest
an integrated platform to fund open source projects, thus financially incentivising the open source community. The platform allows developers to fix bugs or to program additional features for an existing application.
FundRequest will be developed on the Ethereum Blockchain.
On the 1st of February 2013 the minister of Finance Jeroen Dijselbloem nationalized [SNS Reaal] and so the holders of SNS Reaal where holding worthless stock. This serves as a reminder on how fragile centralized systems really are. GitHub is a company and there are fortunately many options for having Git - the technology which is quite decentralized all by itself, on a blockchain or IPFS.
Blocklancer freelancers get paid
The Vault Contract: Open Sourced by Giveth gives a nice overview of what you'd like to have in features paying out developers semi-automatically. I'll list a few which I find beneficial and which are obvious on first sight:
There are several ideas already of course but I could find a ready to use implementation. Some notable excerpts:
Of course for developers the incentive to not only host their work in a decentralized manner, any dispute that their code is theirs would be much easier to solve on the blockchain. Since all a blockchain does is time-stamp and sign data on a distributed ledger which cannot be altered, only added to, developers can build a reputation and even mistakes are the best way to learn. Hands on experience is invaluable.
Employers can verify that a developer is who (s)he says (s)he is and see their work.
