Finnish HTML5 house SC5 pays salary and accepts payments as Bitcoins

SC5 pays salaries in Bitcoin | SC5 Blog

blog.sc5.fi 15 Mar '13, 9am

Finnish HTML5 house SC5 pays salary and accepts payments as Bitcoins

We have started to provide our employees with the option to have a part of their salary paid in the peer-to-peer currency Bitcoin. We are doing this just out of curiosity to try out new things. Bitcoin as such fits our vision of the world quite well. It allows for open source development, competition and innovation in the field of payments and Internet commerce. Based on cryptography, it is secure and deterministic as we require for digital services. As a comparison, credit cards rely on few enough physical cards getting stolen or copied and the centralized organizations covering fraud for billions of dollars each year. Our Bitcoin service provider is the Finnish exchanger Bittiraha.fi . For currency conversion we use the daily exchange rate of the payday. The euro amount to be converted into Bitcoins is deducted from the net salary on the employee’s paycheck. Bitcoins are...

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@TrendONE » 26 Mar '13, 4pm
Von der Spielewährung zum Game Changer? Bitcoin's on the rise! SC5 pays salaries in Bitcoin [link]
@FelixMarques » 19 Mar '13, 1pm
@Greezael Salarios en bitcoins. [link]
@axel_reimann » 19 Mar '13, 11am
Na und jetzt fangen die schon an, Gehälter in #Bitcoin zu zahlen [link]
@DineroNuevo » 19 Mar '13, 6am
RT @fcoabad: @juanrallo @AlRodAla Bueno parece que algo avanza [link]
@guruvan » 19 Mar '13, 2am
Salaries in bitcoin? "For currency conversion we use the daily exchange rate of the payday " [link]
@SGNL02 » 18 Mar '13, 9pm
“@UID_: Ah, salaris uitbetaald krijgen in bitcoins: [link]” Nou @hansidink hoe klinkt dat? ;-)
@UID_ » 18 Mar '13, 9pm
Ah, salaris uitbetaald krijgen in bitcoins: [link]
@phwampfler » 18 Mar '13, 9pm
Finnische Firma zahlt Löhne in Bitcoins: [link]
@isoworg » 18 Mar '13, 8pm
"@ViliLe: A firm is now paying salaries in Bitcoin. They've solved interesting tax issues etc: [link]" fao @rajdey
@tokefrello » 18 Mar '13, 8pm
Det er i Finland, tingene sker. Firma betaler deres ansatte (delvist) i BitCoin: [link]
@ViliLe » 18 Mar '13, 8pm
For better or worse, my brother's firm is now paying salaries in Bitcoin. They've solved interesting tax issues etc: [link]
@marco_kanne » 15 Mar '13, 11pm
Cool, finnische Firma zahlt auf Wunsch Teil des Gehalts in Bitcoins. [link]
@jcborras » 15 Mar '13, 9pm
Hei doctor @ViliLe would you take part of your salary as BTCs? [link] "(so I thought).
@PelleB » 15 Mar '13, 8pm
Finnish HTML5 firm @sc5io pays salaries in Bitcoin [link] #bitcoin
@rusua » 15 Mar '13, 5pm
Wow, salaries partially paid with BitCoins [link]
@seapollo » 15 Mar '13, 5pm
フィンランドの企業が、従業員に給料を #ビットコインで受け取る選択肢を提供。新しいものがどんな感じか試してみるのが目的だそう。(・∀・)ｲｲﾈ!! [link]
@bone_idol » 15 Mar '13, 5pm
RT @jla RT @csolisr Finnish enterprise SC5 tests paying salaries in #Bitcoin [link]
@csolisr » 15 Mar '13, 4pm
Finnish enterprise SC5 tests paying salaries in #Bitcoin [link]
@tims » 15 Mar '13, 4pm
This is nice: SC5 pays salaries in Bitcoin [link]
@vladisac » 15 Mar '13, 3pm
yeah, we're on the 'right' track :) @tudorizer: Leave it to the Finish people to try it [link] #bitcoin $alary
@joonaslinkola » 15 Mar '13, 2pm
RT @pe3: If you are working for Finnish web development company @sc5io you can get part of your salary in #bitcoin [link]
@pe3 » 15 Mar '13, 2pm
If you are working for Finnish web development company @sc5io you can get part of your salary in #bitcoin [link]
@Technom4ge » 15 Mar '13, 12pm
SC5 pays salaries in #Bitcoin. Their service provider is Bittiraha.fi. [link]
@adamedoe » 15 Mar '13, 12pm
RT @tek_news: HNews: Finnish HTML5 house SC5 pays salary and accepts payments as Bitcoins [link] #html5
@tek_news » 15 Mar '13, 11am
HNews: Finnish HTML5 house SC5 pays salary and accepts payments as Bitcoins [link] #html5
@rasjani » 15 Mar '13, 11am
Bitcoin "in real world" [link]
@thomas_quinlan » 15 Mar '13, 11am
RT @BitCoinReporter: SC5 pays salaries in Bitcoin [link] #bitcoin
@ohnoimran » 15 Mar '13, 10am
finnish company pays salaries in bitcoins - [link] - nice idea, but right now rate is too high
@buzzgames » 15 Mar '13, 10am
SC5 pays salaries in Bitcoin | SC5 #Blog [link] via @pryourblog
@tudorizer » 15 Mar '13, 10am
@vladisac Remember what I was asking a few days ago? :) Leave it to the Finish people to try it [link] #bitcoin
@UTstartup » 15 Mar '13, 10am
RT @WebStartupGroup: Finnish HTML5 house SC5 pays salary and accepts payments as Bitcoins [link] #news #UTstartup
@FintechBot » 15 Mar '13, 10am
Finnish HTML5 house SC5 pays salary and accepts payments as Bitcoins [link] by @hnycombinator #FinTech
@HackerTheArtist » 15 Mar '13, 10am
From HN: Finnish HTML5 house SC5 pays salary and accepts payments as Bitcoins [link]
@WebStartupGroup » 15 Mar '13, 10am
Finnish HTML5 house SC5 pays salary and accepts payments as Bitcoins [link] #news
@jpkeisala » 15 Mar '13, 10am
salaries in Bitcoin [link] not sure I am ready.
@HNTweets » 15 Mar '13, 10am
Finnish HTML5 house SC5 pays salary and accepts payments as Bitcoins: [link] Comments: https://t.co/Z0Vln3RvRL
@VinodShintre » 15 Mar '13, 10am
Finnish HTML5 house SC5 pays salary and accepts payments as Bitcoins [link] #attribo
@kangasbros » 15 Mar '13, 9am
SC5 pays salaries in Bitcoin [link]
@sc5io » 15 Mar '13, 9am
More on our #Bitcoin move [link]
@stevesandersonf » 15 Mar '13, 10am
Finnish HTML5 house SC5 pays salary and accepts payments as Bitcoins [link]
@jinnli » 15 Mar '13, 10am
Finnish HTML5 house SC5 pays salary and accepts payments as Bitcoins [link]
@hnycombinator » 15 Mar '13, 10am
Finnish HTML5 house SC5 pays salary and accepts payments as Bitcoins [link]

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