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I’m Getting 5% of My $96K Salary Paid in Bitcoin: Here’s How and Why

Jonathan Chester & John LindsayApril 11, 2025

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I’m Getting 5% of My $96K Salary Paid in Bitcoin: Here’s How and Why
I discovered bitcoin in early 2011.

I discovered bitcoin in early 2011. At first it was something that felt like play money and almost surreal. I didn’t fully understand all the details back then, but a decentralized, peer-to-peer digital currency was just too crazy and I became intrigued.Over the years I started diving deeper and deeper into bitcoin. Along the way, the true power of it really jumped out at me:
I ended up doing some freelance bitcoin development just before I joined Buffer. It’s often a …

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Jonathan Chester & John Lindsay

Jonathan Chester and John Lindsay are the co-founders of Bitwage, pioneering Bitcoin and stablecoin payroll solutions since 2014. Together they've built one of the most trusted cross-border payment platforms for remote teams.

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