Politician Ossian Smyth in Ireland Embraces Bitcoin
Digital currencies have the potential to make politics in Ireland more transparent. That's what political candidate Ossian Smyth thinks, anyway. The hopeful is running for a local election in the Dún Laoghaire town just over 7 miles south of Dublin's city center, and he's making a splash in the crypto-currency community by announcing he's accepting bitcoin for his campaign. This effectively makes Smyth the first in Ireland to do so. Smyth is running for the Green Party, and his experience in the technology field is extensive, having worked for Microsoft and Citibank as an IT consultant.....
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