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El Salvador gets hot for bitcoin

Central American country to harness volcanic energy to mine cryptocurrency, which it now accepts as legal tender alongside the US dollar

Seb Kennedy
Jun 10, 2021
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The small Central American nation of El Salvador sent #CryptoTwitter into a frenzy this week by becoming the first country in the world to adopt bitcoin as legal tender. The government is also bankrolling geothermal-powered cryptocurrency mining to harness the country’s considerable untapped volcanic energy.

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