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Title: [2016-05-10]Swiss council to accept Bitcoin payments
Post by: BTCBinary on May 10, 2016, 02:40:40 PM
Swiss council to accept Bitcoin payments

A council in central Switzerland will soon accept the digital currency Bitcoin as payment for some public services.
The trial scheme, in the town of Zug, will begin on 1 July and run until the end of the year, the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation reports. Residents will be able to make payments of up to 200 Swiss francs ($200; £140) using the crypto-currency, in what the broadcaster says is a world first...

http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-36257465