Last February, Tesla announced an investment of $ 1.5 billion in bitcoins, and promised its customers that sometime this year they would accept this cryptocurrency as a form of payment for its products.
During the early hours of Wednesday, Elon Musk posted on his Twitter account that it was actually possible to buy Tesla by paying with Bitcoins, and he confirmed that all Bitcoins received as payment for their products would be kept in this way, that is, they would not be sold for profits. In dollars.
On the other hand, the businessman also confirmed on social networks that Tesla uses internal and open source software to directly run Bitcoin nodes.
At the moment, this option is only available in the United States, but Elon Musk said that by the end of the year, buyers from other countries will also be able to pay for a car using this cryptocurrency.
To make the payment, it is only necessary to scan a QR code or put in the address of the virtual cryptocurrency wallet where each user stores their bitcoins and then makes the payment.
The price of cars will not increase or decrease for users who pay in bitcoin, in fact, the cost will continue to be presented in dollars.
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