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The Mayor of Miami, Francis Suarez, is set to become the first United politician to take home their paycheck in bitcoin. The latest development comes after a Twitter exchange between the Bitcoin-friendly mayor and popular crypto proponent Anthony Pompliano.
Pompliano put up a tweet requesting a U.S. politician to take his bait and become the first in the history of the nation to accept their paycheck in Bitcoin. Within less than 20 minutes after the post, Florida’s Mayor Francis accepted the offer.
I’m going to take my next paycheck 100% in bitcoin…problem solved! @Sarasti can you help? https://t.co/v4YdPZ0tYc
— Mayor Francis Suarez (@FrancisSuarez) November 2, 2021
Notably, Mayor Francis tagged Miami’s Director of Technology and Innovation Mike Sarasti, requesting that he help set up a payment system that allows the mayor to receive 100% of his paycheck in Bitcoin. In response, Sarasti noted that such a payment method could easily be setup via Lightning Strike, the Bitcoin lightning network solution developed by Bitcoin pioneer Jack Mallers.