Bitcoin might seem anachronistic at a history museum, but the people of St. Petersburg seem to disagree.
The St. Petersburg Museum of History has announced it will now accept Bitcoin as payment for admissions and for goods. A museum official told the Tampa Bay Times that accepting Bitcoin will be a welcome addition for those concerned about credit card fraud and lower transaction times.
Florida Loves Bitcoin
This isn't the first time St. Petersburg has shown up in Bitcoin headlines this year.Bitpay, who will be managing the St. Petersburg Museum of History's Bitcoin transactions, also sponsored the upcoming St. Petersburg Bowl, a popular post-season NCAA football match, which has been re-branded as the Bitcoin St. Petersburg Bowl.
BitPay sponsored the event not only for this year, but subsequently until 2016. And it was recently revealed on Twitter that BitPay paid their sponsorship in Bitcoin.
Florida is also home to Sean's Outpost in Pensacola, one of the most visible charitable organizations in the Bitcoin world.
Sean's Outpost founder Jason King just recently completed a run across the continental US, from Pensacola to California, to raise money and awareness for homelessness and Bitcoin.
Read more at:
http://thecoinfront.com/is-florida-in-love-with-bitcoin/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=is-florida-in-love-with-bitcoin
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http://cointelegraph.com/news/112328/us-district-judge-bitcoin-is-money
