If you’re ever looking to make a living with bitcoin, look no further than Lugano Switzerland.
The Plan ₿ Foundation recently took to Twitter to declare a new map showing hundreds of merchants across the city that accept bitcoin. “Now you can live in Lugano using only Bitcoin!,” the tweet read. “Find everything you need to stay in Lugano through the map with all Lugano’s Plan merchants ₿.”
Image of the map posted.
Plan ₿ is a city initiative designed in collaboration with Tether to attract wealth, smart minds and opportunities. Part of this plan involves Lugano making bitcoin a de-facto legal tender, announced in March 2022.
This was followed by the announcement of the Plan ₿ Summer School, an educational opportunity for those who want to learn more about bitcoin and business, which takes place in July 2022. The school features expert speakers including the likes of Blockstream CEO Adam Back.
Most recently, the Plan ₿ foundation partnered with GoCrypto to onboard several merchants to accept bitcoin, including McDonald’s and various art galleries. At the time, the foundation predicted it would serve more than 2,500 customers using bitcoin by the end of the year.
Plan Foundation ₿ confirmed on Twitter today, visitors and residents alike can “pay with Bitcoin for food, drinks, art, fashion, jewelry, cars, watches, tattoos, real-estate, municipal taxes, and services and more .. .”
As the bitcoin ecosystem grows, various jurisdictions will continue to compete for the business of Bitcoiners and Bitcoin companies. This can be seen in examples like Lugano, as well as Madeira, Bitcoin Beach and some others. While bitcoin is still in its infancy, developments like this are a testing ground and a way to drive greater adoption and improvement.