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Ethereum is a blockchain. A blockchain is a public database that is updated and shared across many computers in a decentralized network (source: ethereum.org). In a such blockchain, writing some records on it requires users to pay in a native currency : ETH for the Ethereum blockchain.
ETH is the second largest blockchain, after Bitcoin. This database has never been hacked, as Bitcoin.
Ask to be paid in ETH. If you prefer, you can convert it in USDC (token that is pegged 1:1 with US Dollar) without any approval or bank, just using your Internet connection.
Some homework for you:
One sentence in your whole comment is false: “This database has never been hacked, as Bitcoin.”
True for Ethereum, false for Bitcoin.
On Aug. 15th, 2010, an unknown hacker nearly destroyed Bitcoin. The hacker generated 184.467 billion BTC out of thin air, in what has become known as the “Value Overflow Incident”. Satoshi hard forked the chain to remove the 184.467 billion BTC, which is the only thing that saved Bitcoin from dying an early death that day. (Source: https://en.bitcoinwiki.org/wiki/Value_overflow_incident)