Tonga’s timeline for Bitcoin as legal tender and BTC mining with volcanoes
The tiny Pacific nation of Tonga could have Bitcoin as legal tender by Q2 and Bitcoin mining by Q3 of 2023.
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Older archive item. Useful for background and entity history, but not a fresh market-moving signal.
The tiny Pacific nation of Tonga could have Bitcoin as legal tender by Q2 and Bitcoin mining by Q3 of 2023.
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This mining story adds another data point to the current market tape and is useful when read alongside nearby source coverage.
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