{"id":420805,"date":"2022-03-24T12:26:31","date_gmt":"2022-03-24T09:26:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/portsmouth-embraces-bitcoin-payments-for-city-bills\/"},"modified":"2022-03-24T12:26:31","modified_gmt":"2022-03-24T09:26:31","slug":"portsmouth-embraces-bitcoin-payments-for-city-bills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/portsmouth-embraces-bitcoin-payments-for-city-bills\/","title":{"rendered":"# Portsmouth embraces Bitcoin payments for city bills"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a40e1a4e471b\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a40e1a4e471b\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/portsmouth-embraces-bitcoin-payments-for-city-bills\/#%E2%80%9D_Portsmouth_embraces_Bitcoin_payments_for_city_bills_%E2%80%9C\" >&#8221; Portsmouth embraces Bitcoin payments for city bills &#8220;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9D_Portsmouth_embraces_Bitcoin_payments_for_city_bills_%E2%80%9C\"><\/span>&#8221; Portsmouth embraces Bitcoin payments for city bills &#8220;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/images\/840_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy5jb2ludGVsZWdyYXBoLmNvbS91cGxvYWRzLzIwMjItMDMvMjgwNDg4ZTItMzMxNC00NmUyLTgyZDYtMzY0NDZlMjdjNWMzLmpwZw==.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-content\" data-v-2a0745c6>In an effort to embrace virtual money, the city of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, will allow residents to pay their bills in Bitcoin (BTC) and other cryptocurrencies. Deaglan McEachern, the city&#8217;s mayor, proposed the idea to city officials, who feel it will provide residents with more payment choices.<\/p>\n<p>As per a local <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.seacoastonline.com\/story\/news\/local\/2022\/03\/23\/portsmouth-nh-accepting-cryptocurrency-payments-via-paypal\/7093426001\/\" data-amp=\"https:\/\/amp-seacoastonline-com.cdn.ampproject.org\/c\/s\/amp.seacoastonline.com\/amp\/7093426001\">report<\/a> from Seacoastonline on March 23, Mayor McEachern said that &#8220;there are waves of new things that will affect us in terms of our future that use the type of <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a> used in cryptocurrency.&#8221; He went on to say:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I want to make sure Portsmouth is not waiting around to see how this is going to affect us in the future because it&#8217;s already affecting us.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>McEachern said the City Hall has learned a lot more about cryptocurrencies and blockchains, as well as how to utilize them for improved city services. He also mentioned that any cryptocurrency payments would be im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>tely converted into U.S. dollars so that the change would have no impact on the city&#8217;s monetary practices.<\/p>\n<p>Governments&#8217; interest in cryptocurrencies is on the rise, as evidenced by this project.\u00a0Miami and New York, for example, have been friendly to cryptocurrency adoption. As reported by Cointelegraph in mid-February, Colorado governor Jared Polis said the state government will allow\u00a0residents to pay taxes in crypto\u00a0as early as summer 2022.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Related:<\/em><\/strong><strong><em> <\/em><\/strong><strong><em>US lawmaker pushes for state-level regulations on stablecoins at hearing on digital assets<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>United States lawmakers have proposed handling any potential regulatory uncertainty around digital assets on a state level rather than waiting for a congress framework. Back in February, a Tennessee House of Representatives member proposed allowing the state to\u00a0invest in cryptocurrency and nonfungible tokens.<\/p>\n<p><template data-name=\"subscription_form\" data-type=\"markets_outlook\"><\/template>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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Deaglan McEachern, the city&#8217;s mayor, proposed the idea to city officials, who feel it will provide residents with more payment&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":420806,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/images\/1200_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy5jb2ludGVsZWdyYXBoLmNvbS91cGxvYWRzLzIwMjItMDMvMjgwNDg4ZTItMzMxNC00NmUyLTgyZDYtMzY0NDZlMjdjNWMzLmpwZw==.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[74862,74889,76574,74355,70934,46483,67874],"class_list":["post-420805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-bitcoin","tag-payments","tag-paypal","tag-adoption","tag-regulation","tag-taxes","tag-united-states"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=420805"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420805\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/420806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=420805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=420805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=420805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}