Programmer spends 69 nights in 'Bitcoin Cash City' using only BCH: Here's how...
Silverblood says using Bitcoin Cash as payment method “makes sense” because it's part of his income and "it's less effort than some of the other forms of payment I use." When programmer Jonathan Silverblood flew to Townsville, Australia from his Finland home for a two-and-a-half-month holiday in August, he had one main task — pay for everything he could using Bitcoin Cash (BCH).The coastal city of Townsville is known as the “Bitcoin Cash City,” a name derived from a conference of the same name that first launched in 2019. It is understood to have a strong number of merchants that accept....
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Computer game programmer John Carmack expressed some pretty positive views on bitcoin in a series of recent tweets. Carmack is co-founder of American video game development company id Software and is best known for his innovations in 3D graphics. He was the lead programmer of the id video games Commander Keen, Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, Quake, Rage and their sequels. Yesterday, he was asked by a Twitter user to share his thoughts on bitcoin and other digital currencies, his response was largely positive. @Ripper__X I have paid a little attention for a couple years, but I only did my first....
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