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The demand for on-demand work has grown tremendously in recent years as organizations shift from full-time 9-to-5 workers to a more dynamic workforce that includes freelancers and contractors. However, the payroll and administration frameworks employed by these organizations have not been updated to reflect this changing workforce. Organizations spend billions of dollars every year on antiquated middleman payroll services that are unnecessary for the one-off type of work that on-demand workers provide. Additionally, other general payment concerns such as currency conversion and late payments add further hassle to the process. Projects such as <a href="https://grain.io/" target="_blank">Grain</a> aim to reduce the amount of friction in this process through the use of <a href="https://hackernoon.com/tagged/blockchain" target="_blank">blockchain</a> <a href="https://hackernoon.com/tagged/technology" target="_blank">technology</a>.