Anyone who is working on gigs and independent shouldn't be making use of cryptocurrency. The reasons I'm saying this because you can get scammed. Yes that's the truth because I have also worked as a freelancer and I know the kind of problems I faced while working as that. There are some people who will approach you just for them to get free works from you and when you finish working for them, they wouldn't pay you, they just take the work for free and there is nothing you can do about it. So if you want such work, you have to make use of the platforms that are meant for such purposes, cause they are going to be the ones to provide you with escrow services and protect you from getting scammed .