“We’ve done a lot of the upfront thinking to consider how we might pay employees should they ask to be paid in Bitcoin, how we might pay a vendor should they ask to be paid in Bitcoin, and whether we need to have Bitcoin on our balance sheet,” said Segal. History Home > Resources > Paying Canadian Employees with Bitcoin – Risky or Rewarding?
It’s not unusual, for example, to find these kinds of platforms underlying systems that allow subscribers or players to purchase small enhancements or upgrades to a system or to games they may be playing. But when used in a corporate setting there is, nevertheless, some risk. The reason is that the transaction is not immediately recorded on the blockchain. Instead, in order to be recorded, a series of smaller transactions needs to be aggregated. Only after all transactions have been finalized can the net activity be settled on chain. It is during that transition from execution to recording on the blockchain that there can be room for error or manipulation by a hostile party, should they gain access to the network. Federal Executive Institute The policy changes will allow more flexibility around requirements regarding dependents and single parents, debt-to-income ratios, and maximum age – all areas where existing standards might discourage otherwise competitive candidates from considering the service.