I'm not a lawyer or accountant but I'm fairly sure if someone pays you in cryptocurrency (or beer or gift cards or frozen shrimp or anything else) you owe taxes

I'm not a lawyer or accountant but I'm fairly sure if someone pays you in cryptocurrency (or beer or gift cards or frozen shrimp or anything else) you owe taxes on the dollar value of that cryptocurrency in the year that you earn it, and of course if no withholding was taken out of it by the one who paid you you also probably owe quarterly estimated taxes. I can't tell if you're acknowledging this, or if I am mistaken about this but I don't think you can legally avoid income taxes by being paid in kind. My understanding is if you're a US citizen you have to pay Uncle Sam on everything you earn not just every dollar. Otherwise we'd all just take our paychecks in krugerands.