From experience, part time / contractors for early stage startups are usually counterproductive. They just won’t be committed, loyal, and giving 120%, while incurring massive management overhead. Don’t believe I’ve ever seen a success story.

Proper full time employees or don’t hire at all.

agree but I think once you hit a certain headcount (maybe 100-200) it starts to make more sense.

helps avoid massive layoffs during the bear market.

also - many crypto founders are inexperienced and don’t know how to make good use of contractors.