Good point.

However Ocean does pay in Lightning Sats(BOLT12)

So it's possible to have a payout in ecash, as it's tethered to the lightning network.

Plus you could prove that the satoshis in a lightning channel that pays you out was from a coinbase transaction, and hasn't really been tainted

EverythingSatsoshi

If I'm mining BITCOIN why would I want to get paid in some token - while I could get paid in Bitcoin directly??

bitcoin_Mining

DATUM & NWC

If I'm mining BITCOIN why would I want to get paid in some token - while I could get paid in Bitcoin directly??
Might as well get paid in fiat then