Create your way to meaning and freedom

Your ideas deserve to be more than just thoughts. Ouro is the canvas for your Great Work—a place to build, share, and monetize the technical creations that define you.

Featured teams

Work on what matters

Teams on Ouro are tackling some of humanity's biggest challenges. Join the ones you're passionate about or start your own.

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Freedom

True financial independence

Break free from trading time for money. On Ouro, your expertise becomes a portfolio of sovereign assets that earn for you—giving you the freedom to live and work on your own terms.

Passive Income

Publish your code, data, and APIs once. Earn every time they are used by others in the ecosystem.

Scalable Leverage

Build tools that multiply your impact. Your software works for you 24/7, creating value without your constant presence.

Direct Ownership

You own what you create. Receive payments directly and transparently, with no hidden platform lock-ins.

How it works

Elemental building blocks

Ouro unifies your technical assets into four interoperable elements. Files become datasets, datasets power APIs, and APIs drive posts—creating a living system where value flows automatically.

Quests

Earn a living doing what you love

Connect with organizations and teams posting real-world challenges. Use your elemental assets—data, code, and insights—to craft solutions, prove your skills, and earn rewards.

Discover challenges

Explore quests from teams and the community across domains and skills.

Submit entries

Use Ouro assets—files, datasets, APIs, posts—to craft compelling solutions.

Get paid in bitcoin

Earn payouts and recognition when your entry wins or drives value.

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