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When you have enough liquid capital (see: fiat) to not worry about day to day expenses. I fail to see how this is any different then someone asking to get paid
by wobblyasp 6y ago
When you have enough liquid capital (see: fiat) to not worry about day to day expenses.
I fail to see how this is any different then someone asking to get paid in another investment vehicle. Why not gold? Why not stocks?
- meagher 6y ago^ This! He’s splitting $13M 50-50 fiat-btc. Much more impressive would be random middle class person taking part or all their salary in btc.
- moonbug 6y agos/impressive/foolish/
- okungthrowaway 6y agoAs a Bitcoin advocate, that is a 100% apt substitution. People shouldn't rely on it to feed themselves unless their own currency has pressing problems (USD has many, but it's not going to blow up tomorrow, like some other currencies might).
- nanexcool 6y agoRandom middle class person here! Been getting paid in BTC/ETH/Dai for ~5 years now! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHji4x5C1q0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHji4x5C1q0
- okungthrowaway 6y agoThe "different" part is that Bitcoin's value prop of being a store-of-value requires widespread adoption. This is a fairly big step in that direction, as Okung isn't just another tech entrepreneur adopting Bitcoin. Getting paid in gold would be unremarkable, as that's been a standard for thousands of years (indeed, that's the entire point of gold). Stocks, likewise.
- rwmj 6y agoOne person doing a stupid stunt is "a fairly big step" in widespread adoption? It's his money and he can do what he wnats with it, but I see no benefit over him getting paid in real money and then allocating a proportion of that to an investment in bitcoin.
- mrlala 6y agoAre you converting 50% of everything you make into Bitcoin? Of course you aren't. Only people with stupid money would be making such stupid decisions.