<prompt> Human: So I was thinking about this, as its entirely possible I will be experiencing this kind of situation within the next few years simply because of the kinds of opportunities I will be exploring in the dapps space.So lets say I work for a full year. And I am paid in cryptocurrency. That currency sits in a wallet with no transactions. That means those gains are technically unrealized gains right?Lets say I am paid 120k but I only cash out 30k. When it comes time for taxes I am only taxed on the amount I cashed out right? Because on obtaining my coins I did no other transactions. I only realized 30k. When I first thought about that it seems like a really good deal. I can choose exactly the amount I make for the year. Literally pay myself the exact amount for a sepcific tax bracket ect. Right?On top of that, another scenario. If I am paid in cryptocurrency and I decide to wait a year before I begin cashing out my pay for the year. So I work through all of 2019 being paid in cryptocurrency and at the end of 2020 I cash out small portions of my pay from 2019, does that basically mean I am paying 1037; capital gains tax in addition to being able to choose how much I cash out when I want to?Then there is also being paid directly in a staked resource like steem power on the steemit platform. This means gaining a salary that provides a passive income. How exactly would taxes work for something like that? The passive income would be taxable but only when I decide to trade the coins generated from staking right?So does being paid in cryptocurrency provide a great deal in flexibility about when I and how I pay my taxes? It seems like being paid in crypto can provide really interesting opportunities.What do you think would be the most optimal way to work something like this?  <response>: if you are paid in stock, you are still taxed on its market value at the time it becomes vested.Any gains then would only be taxed when they are realized through a qualified sale.Same would apply to cryptocurrency. 