Pittsburgh Govt. Mulls Integrating Digital Currencies
While California moves forward with a case for Bitcoin integration, across the country Pittsburgh is mulling a plan which could see it become the first US municipality to accept digital currency. Let’s Talk Bitcoin reports that a local government subcommittee document which appeared online recently sets out steps for “Improvement of digital government,” which among other things explicitly states the possibility of “perhaps becoming the first municipal government to accept digital currency.” And while the report does not mention Bitcoin specifically, the local government’s stance can only....
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