Gallery: Melbourne Celebrates Chinese New Year With Bitcoin Giveaway
The Melbourne Bitcoin Technology Centre (MBTC) has given away bitcoin paper wallets at Melbourne's Chinese New Year celebrations.
Feb 19, 2015 at 8:30 p.m. UTC
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The Melbourne Bitcoin Technology Centre (MBTC) has partnered with the Bitcoin Group to give away the digital currency in Melbourne's Chinatown precinct.
The "lucky money" envelopes containing a bitcoin paper wallet were handed out to passers by and merchants to mark the Chinese New Year.
Pantelis Roussakis, communications manager at MBTC, said:
The giveaway marks the start of the Melbourne Chinatown project, part of the National Bitcoin Boulevard campaign, which launched across the country in November.
The initiative, undertaken by the community and supported by Bitscan, sets out to provide local merchants "with the tools and support to accept and trade in bitcoin", as well as establishing "additional sales channels within this new and vibrant economy".
See an image gallery of the Chinese New Year giveaway below:
Similar projects include Calle Bitcoin in Madrid, which refers to the city's exclusive Serrano area, where more than 20 establishments accept bitcoin payments.
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also launched in May last year with 10 initial establishments accepting the digital currency.
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