Programmer spends 69 nights in 'Bitcoin Cash City' using only BCH: Here's how it went
Silverblood says using Bitcoin Cash as a payment method "makes sense" because it's part of their income and "it's is less effort than some of the other forms of payment I use."
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When programmer Jonathan Silverblood flew to Townsville, Australia from his Finnish home for a two-and-a-half-month vacation in August, he had one main task: to pay whatever he could using Bitcoin Cash (BCH).< /p>
The coastal city of Townsville is known as "Bitcoin Cash City", a name derived from a conference of the same name that was first launched in 2019. It is understood that there is a large number of merchants that accept the Bitcoin-forked token.
Silverblood said while attending the conference in 2019 that he was intrigued by the number of merchants and vendors offering BCH as a payment option in Townsville and that he planned to return to the city once the COVID-19 restrictions lifted.
I have now been in #Townsville, #BitcoinCashCity for 59 days and have made 97 bitcoin cash transactions to pay for my life. This does not include transactions that the rest of my family made, and transactions when I was invited and someone else paid...
— Jonathan Silverblood (@monsterbitar) October 8, 2022"Going to this destination was all about using BCH and was also kind of an excuse to spend more than usual, while getting more work done by letting family and kids vacation with their grandma “, he told Cointelegraph. after returning from his trip.
"Using it to pay for things while I was there made sense, partly because my earnings are already paid in BCH, and partly because it's so much less effort than some of the other payment methods I use."
Silverblood is a Bitcoin Cash enthusiast and programmer. He has worked at General Protocols for three years where his salary is paid in BCH.
He noted that in the 69 nights he was on the town, he was the ultima...
Silverblood says using Bitcoin Cash as a payment method "makes sense" because it's part of their income and "it's is less effort than some of the other forms of payment I use."
Interview
When programmer Jonathan Silverblood flew to Townsville, Australia from his Finnish home for a two-and-a-half-month vacation in August, he had one main task: to pay whatever he could using Bitcoin Cash (BCH).< /p>
The coastal city of Townsville is known as "Bitcoin Cash City", a name derived from a conference of the same name that was first launched in 2019. It is understood that there is a large number of merchants that accept the Bitcoin-forked token.
Silverblood said while attending the conference in 2019 that he was intrigued by the number of merchants and vendors offering BCH as a payment option in Townsville and that he planned to return to the city once the COVID-19 restrictions lifted.
I have now been in #Townsville, #BitcoinCashCity for 59 days and have made 97 bitcoin cash transactions to pay for my life. This does not include transactions that the rest of my family made, and transactions when I was invited and someone else paid...
— Jonathan Silverblood (@monsterbitar) October 8, 2022"Going to this destination was all about using BCH and was also kind of an excuse to spend more than usual, while getting more work done by letting family and kids vacation with their grandma “, he told Cointelegraph. after returning from his trip.
"Using it to pay for things while I was there made sense, partly because my earnings are already paid in BCH, and partly because it's so much less effort than some of the other payment methods I use."
Silverblood is a Bitcoin Cash enthusiast and programmer. He has worked at General Protocols for three years where his salary is paid in BCH.
He noted that in the 69 nights he was on the town, he was the ultima...
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