Celebrating Ramadan With Bitcoin

Celebrating Ramadan With Bitcoin

The virtues of Bitcoin reflect those that make up the foundation of the Islamic holiday.“O you who have believed, decreed upon you is fasting as it was decreed upon those before you that you may become righteous.” — Quran 1:183Fasting is one of the special rituals of Islam. It encourages and teaches patience and delaying gratification, both of which are essentials to the Bitcoin philosophy. So, what does Bitcoin have to do with Ramadan?Arabic Etymology Of Fasting And RamadanṢawm (Arabic for fasting) means abstention, this includes potentially abstention from food, drink, sexual intercourse....


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