FSP Participants use bitcoin to (possibly) make history

FSP Participant Neal Conner was recently interviewed by a Fox News correspondent after he advertised his car for bitcoin, and the Concord Monitor recently reported on the wide range of goods and services available for bitcoin. However, in what is believed to be the first time a car has sold for bitcoin in New Hampshire, vlogger and new mover Robert Mathias (aka Voluntaryist Rebel) purchased a 2006 Nissan Sentra from Free Keene blogger and radio host Darryl W. Perry using bitcoin.

Activist-Run Fitzwilliam B&B Makes News For Accepting Bitcoin

BitcoinBitcoin-accepting, activist-run businesses are making more headlines in New Hampshire! Not long after the Union Leader’s feature story, the Concord Monitor follows-suit with a similar story that features Fitzwilliam’s “Stone Farm” Bed & Breakfast!

Here’s the piece from the Monitor’s Annmarie Timmins:

Several weeks ago, the Wall Street Journal carried news of a couple who tried to live off bitcoin, a digital currency in its infancy, for 101 days across three continents. The duo may have struggled less had they confined their experiment to New Hampshire.

Here, bitcoin will buy you gas in Twin Mountain, lunch at a Newmarket cafe, martial arts lessons in Derry and a night’s stay in Fitzwilliam. (more…)

NH Liberty Activists Make Headlines For Bitcoin-Accepting Businesses

BitcoinMultiple Free State Project participants are interviewed for this feature story in the Union Leader all about businesses in NH that are accepting bitcoin!

A stone foundry in Rochester, a martial arts studio in Derry, a chiropractor and a cafe in Newmarket and law firms in Concord and Manchester have something in common.

They’ve joined the growing number of New Hampshire businesses that accept Bitcoin, a virtual currency that exists only on the Internet, as a form of payment.

The Granite State’s reputation as a hotbed of activity for the digital currency was enhanced last week, as visitors to the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas got a peek at the first Bitcoin ATM, created in Manchester by brothers Zach and Josh Harvey. (more…)