{"id":55932,"date":"2022-01-14T17:50:34","date_gmt":"2022-01-14T15:50:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=55932"},"modified":"2025-09-04T03:58:01","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T00:58:01","slug":"in-arkansas-plan-to-attract-tech-workers-with-bitcoin-payouts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/in-arkansas-plan-to-attract-tech-workers-with-bitcoin-payouts\/","title":{"rendered":"In Arkansas, plan to attract tech workers with bitcoin payouts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Northwest Arkansas Council, a nonprofit organization, will pay remote-working technical professionals who decide to relocate to the region $10,000 in Bitcoin, according to local outlet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nwahomepage.com\/northwest-arkansas-news\/nwa-council-offering-10k-in-bitcoin-to-draw-talent-to-northwest-arkansas\/\">KNWA<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the cryptocurrency, each recipient will also be gifted a mountain or recreational bicycle.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;This expanded offer \u2014 bike and Bitcoin \u2014 not only reflects the growing trend of using cryptocurrency as a means of payment, but also helps increase the flow of talented professionals, which is advantageous for employers, startups, cities, local businesses and the region as a whole,&#8221; said Nelson Pico, president and CEO of the Council.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Council includes leaders of region-based companies, including Walmart, J.B. Hunt Transport Services and others.<\/p>\n<p>The organization <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/04\/30\/realestate\/bentonville-arkansas-moving-incentive.html\">launched<\/a> an incentive program in winter 2020, but it was only in 2022 that digital gold was included in the offering.<\/p>\n<p>The initiative is funded by the Walton Family Foundation, focused on improving education and protecting water resources. The entity was created by Walmart founders Helen and Sam Walton.<\/p>\n<p>As part of the talent-attraction program, the Council collaborates with the University of Arkansas&#8217; Center for Advanced Blockchain Experience. Its staff are responsible for the technical expertise and the technological aspects of the project.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said he intended to give businesses the option to <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/florida-to-allow-payment-of-state-fees-in-cryptocurrency\">use cryptocurrencies to pay government fees<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Back in November 2021, it was reported that the newly elected mayor of New York, Eric Adams <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/new-yorks-incoming-mayor-will-take-three-paychecks-in-bitcoin\">was planning to receive his first three salaries in Bitcoin<\/a> after taking office.<\/p>\n<p>Follow ForkLog news on <a href=\"https:\/\/vk.com\/forklogcom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">VK<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Northwest Arkansas Council, a nonprofit organization, will pay remote-working technical professionals who decide to relocate to the region $10,000 in Bitcoin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":55933,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[18,26],"class_list":["post-55932","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-bitcoin","tag-usa"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"11","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55932","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55932"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55932\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55934,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55932\/revisions\/55934"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}