Portsmouth embraces Bitcoin payments for city bills By Cointelegraph

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In an effort to embrace virtual money, the city of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, will allow residents to pay their bills in (BTC) and other cryptocurrencies. Deaglan McEachern, the city’s mayor, proposed the idea to city officials, who feel it will provide residents with more payment choices.

As per a local news report from Seacoastonline on March 23, Mayor McEachern said that “there are waves of new things that will affect us in terms of our future that use the type of technology used in cryptocurrency.” He went on to say: