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Publicly traded AI operating system Vida Global (NYSE American: VIDA) has said it has started paying employees in Bitcoin using the Lightning network<\/a> \u2014 but in a way where the company does not have the leading crypto on its balance sheet.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Austin, Texas-based company said<\/a> Thursday that after a worker in Argentina asked to be paid in Bitcoin, the firm tapped Bitcoin infrastructure company Voltage to make the transaction.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But the company is not keeping Bitcoin on its books: it simply sends the cash amount via Voltage\u2019s platform, the employees receive payment in Bitcoin, and Vida\u2019s balance sheet remains in dollars.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cVida has a global team, including team members in Argentina who prefer to be paid in Bitcoin because of challenges with their local currency,\u201d Vida CEO Lyle Pratt said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cVoltage facilitates the Bitcoin payments, and we settle the balance in U.S. dollars at the end of the month, just like a standard vendor invoice. It has made offering Bitcoin payments remarkably simple for both our team and our finance operations.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pratt added the setup meets employee needs without adding crypto complexity to accounting.<\/p>\n

Voltage CEO Graham Krizek said it was solving a mismatch between \u201cglobal by default\u201d AI companies and payment rails that haven\u2019t kept up.<\/p>\n

\u201cTheir team members get paid in seconds in the money they actually want, and their finance team never touches crypto,\u201d he said. \u201cWhen a public company runs part of its team compensation on Bitcoin rails and the books stay boring, that\u2019s the point.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lightning is another network that skirts transactions around the main chain, cutting costs and increasing speed \u2014 originally designed so people could use Bitcoin for daily purchases.<\/p>\n

Bitcoin maxis like Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey have since integrated the network into their businesses, payments platform, Cash App and his PoS terminals, Square.<\/p>\n

This post NYSE-Listed AI Company Taps Lightning Network to Pay Employees In Bitcoin<\/a> first appeared on Bitcoin Magazine<\/a> and is written by Mathew Di Salvo<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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