[2014-09-02] Growing number of workers choosing to be paid with Bitcoin, payroll

[cescan]

http://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/growing-number-of-workers-choosing-to-be-paid-with-bitcoin-payroll-firm-says-1.1985660

A small but growing -- and surprising -- number of workers are rejecting Canadian dollar salaries for Bitcoin, according to a Waterloo, Ont., payroll firm.

Wagepoint CEO Shrad Rao said his firm came up with the cryptocurrency payment option in November last year as a side project and did not expect any take-up.

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