The server - or more specifically the town of Portwenn (for now) - offers jobs and projects to provide players an alternative means of income and help build the community.

Some jobs are recurring and will pay various amounts based on supply and demand of labor; see the Portwenn project board-ingame.
Other jobs have fixed rates, such as:

• Explorer - find and mark interesting locations/structures on the map and get paid based on the rarity of the find

Check Portwenn project board in-game.