Florida County to Accept Tax Payments in Cryptocurrency

[kreslik.news]

Joel Greenberg is the tax collector of Seminole County, Florida. A press release from his office dated yesterday states that as of this summer, Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash payments will be accepted by the county to pay taxes. The county will use BitPay to process the payments.

Seminole County is an area with a population of approximately half a million people. Its largest city is Sanford, population 58,605 as of 2016. The word Seminole is thought to be derived from the Spanish word cimarrón, meaning ‘untamed’.

Greenberg has been in his position since January 2017 and in this time has introduced a modernisation ... (read more)