Quote from: BitcoinsGreat on December 19, 2017, 05:27:48 PM

Quote from: shamzblueworld on December 15, 2017, 09:52:32 AM

TOKYO: A Japanese company will start paying part of its employees salaries in Bitcoin, as it aims to get better understanding of the virtual currency, a spokeswoman said on Friday.

GMO Internet, which operates a range of web-related businesses including finance, online advertising and internet infrastructure, will start paying up to 100,000 yen ($890) monthly by Bitcoin to its employees in Japan from February next year.

Employees can receive salaries by Bitcoin if they want to, company spokeswoman Harumi Ishii told a French wire service.

We hope to improve our own literacy of virtual currency by actually using it, she said.

The offer will be open to around 4,000 employees of the GMO group in Japan, she said.

The company started a Bitcoin trading and exchange business in May.

And next month, it will join the so-called Bitcoin mining business gaining the right to receive new Bitcoins as a reward for helping keep the network secure by approving transactions.

World Bitcoin prices have surged globally this year, soaring from less than $1,000 in January to $17,000 this week.

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Bitcoin is advanced in japan and to much famous since the founder of bitcoin it self belongs to japan.They support bitcoin more than other country especially in aisa. Glad to hear they will start paying salaries in Bitcoin. In my country I don't see any project which start paying in bitcoins. I think people in japan are to much lucky.There Government support the crypto currencies

It is cool. Japan is very advanced in use of technology. That is the main reason for the growth of Japan is too fast. The Japanese company starts salaries in Bitcoin having sense of virtual currency. That is more secure and fast in transaction. The employee of that company can save Bitcoin as asset and will be converted it in to traditional currency when they need of money in future. Otherwise the balance of their money is also increase with the price of Bitcoin increases.