Plans to accept dogecoin as payment have been in the works for a while. In December, Musk tweeted that “Tesla will make some merch buyable with Doge & see how it goes .” Musk is a high-profile supporter of dogecoin and his tweets often move the price of the cryptocurrency.
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk believes that even though Dogecoin was created as a silly joke, it is much better suited for transactions than Bitcoin . In a recent interview with TIME magazine, after being named TIME’s Person of the year, he said, “Fundamentally, Bitcoin is not a good substitute for transactional currency.”
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Tesla, the electric carmaker headed by billionaire Elon Musk, has started to allow people to buy brand merchandise using Dogecoin , a cryptocurrency initially started as a joke. Mr Musk announced the development on Twitter on Friday, a month after hinting of the plans.
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The bitcoin network, through a process called mining, uses large amounts of energy. Dogecoin uses significantly less energy, according to analysis by TRG Datacenters. Musk said last year that he would work with dogecoin developers to improve the efficiency of transactions .
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Elon Musk tweeted an image of Adolf Hitler in a debate over Canada’s vaccine mandate . Tesla CEO Elon Musk says he is pro vaccine, but anti-vaccine mandate. He reiterated that sentiment on Thursday morning with a tweet likely to create controversy.
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