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…)

UPDATE: Amanda Billyrock Arrest

billyrockAround midnight on the morning of Saturday, December 14, Amanda Billyrock was stopped by Laconia Police. According to a witness, she “jumped the gun” on a red light, anticipating that it would turn green. After being stopped, she did not speak to the LPD member who pulled her over, and was arrested. Additionally, she had license and registration problems, and her car was impounded.
The Laconia PD has not released details of any charges against her, though did confirm that there was no bail, adding, “she probably refused bail.” It is believed that she will be held at the Belknap County Jail until she is arraigned on Monday morning.
At 12:15pm, it was reported that Amanda Billyrock had been released on personal recognizance.