Taiwan Turning Out to Be a Bitcoin Tourist Destination
The increasing bitcoin adoption in Taiwan is turning it into a Bitcoin tourist destination, attracting tech-nomads and Bitcoin community members. The adoption of Bitcoin can happen in the unlikeliest of places. Taiwan is one such place where the growth of digital currency has taken outsiders by surprise. Being a truly global currency, there are no borders preventing the usage of digital currency across boundaries. The decentralized nature of Bitcoin also makes it impossible for the governments to directly interfere with the transactions. This very nature of bitcoin also makes it a favored....
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On 3/25/14, a Lamassu Bitcoin ATM was revealed in Taipei, Taiwan at the Gelateria Cosi o Cosi ice cream shop. The Gelateria is the first official place to spend Bitcoins in Taiwan and it is fitting that Taiwan's first Bitcoin ATM should end up there. The presence of this Bitcoin ATM flies in the face of Taiwanese government official Tseng Ming-Chung, who earlier this year said: ...it is impossible for a bitcoin ATM to come to or appear in Taiwan." Taiwan's first Lamassu Bitcoin ATM being prepped for its debut. Taiwanese Government Opposition To Bitcoin ATMs. At the beginning of 2014,....