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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

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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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