I can answer that from personal experience: Because it's what's offered and is a good deal. I'm about to start a long-term role where non-cash crypto-tokens a

I can answer that from personal experience: Because it's what's offered and is a good deal. I'm about to start a long-term role where non-cash crypto-tokens are part of the compensation. I'm not a "true believer" at all. I don't have any crypto at the moment, don't have a wallet yet, and to be honest it's just going to complicate my company accounts and taxation. I do know the field, and I'm sufficiently skeptical to remain not a true believer :-) Good old fiat would certainly be more convenient, and I could invest that in crypto in my own time and on my own terms if I wanted to do that. So why accept? Because I like the company (a lot so far) and the people, the company seems refreshing and well-architected, I'm looking forward to working with the people there, they are working on interesting and worthwhile problems. I anticipate I'm going to learn a lot working there, not only technical, but about real world non-technical social issues I'm not that familiar with at the moment. And the pay is good, or at least good enough. (I know I can get more by chasing consultancy contracts, but I'm taking a break from that to go all-in on a single company's product development). Generally the same sorts of reasons for choosing any job. Despite not being a "true believer" in cryptocurrency, I think I bring a grounded and mature view of the more general (non-currency) crypto ecosystem the company is working with, which will hopefully mean I contribute in a grounded and mature way to the company conversations, and in a better product for real world applications in the long run. The fact some of the pay is in crypto-tokens is understandable given the company's mission as well as its source of funding, and I'm not unhappy with that. But I wouldn't choose it to be honest if it were a genuinely neutral option on the table. But in exactly the same way, I wouldn't choose RSUs or stock options with another company if equivalent (fiat) cash were available instead. In many ways liquid crypto-tokens are much better than stock options! As a result, back to the point about corporate scrip. I think we are seeing a rise in scrip-like tokens, but, the GP is right, liquidity changes things. It gives back much of the autonomy that traditional scrip takes away. I know I can, in principle, trade the scrip for cash at any time. The volatility is not great. The uncertainty around long term value of that portion of income is not great (although I do get to choose the proportion over a substantial range, and change it when I want). But I've often been paid in international currencies too, and similar issues apply to that. There's some price volatility, it's worth keeping a balance in each currency for expenses in those currencies, and the company accounting and taxation for a small company paid a range of international currencies whose value fluctuates is also annoying. So being paid in crypto-tokens, a kind of liquid corporate scrip, is not especially more bothersome than being paid in a range of international currencies. It's mostly just different practicalities.