Crypto Stories: YouTuber Paco de la India explains his travels using Bitcoin

Crypto Stories: YouTuber Paco de la India explains his travels using Bitcoin

The Bitcoiner had visited eight different countries out of his goal of forty and was in Africa at the time of Cointelegraph’s interview. A YouTuber started traveling the world to see whether he could survive solely on Bitcoin as a means of payment.In the latest episode of Cointelegraph’s ‘Crypto Stories’ series, Paco from India explained how he started his journey from the city of Bengaluru and learned from the example of travel pioneers who came before him, including Nellie Bly, who circumnavigated the globe in the late 19th century in less than 73 days. Paco worked a variety of jobs....


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