The Minister of Finance of the canadian province of Alberta Joe CECI (Joe Ceci) reported that calgary became the first city in the country, which launched its own cryptocurrency – Calgary Digital Dollar. The first transaction with a digital dollar calgary held the official, paying for coffee, to showcase the new in.
Reported to local cryptocurrency can citizens who will participate in the polls, will place the announcement of the sale, the exchange of goods or services in a specially designed app, available in versions for Android devices. And use it offer for payment of travel, purchases, and donations to local community: it should contribute to the establishment of relations of small businesses and NGOs at the local level.
The company, which become parties to the programme to decide what part of the amount they are willing to accept calgary dollars – from 10 to 100%. They will also be able to pay in the local cryptocurrency to half the amount for a license to conduct commercial activities.
Recall that in the spring of this year the mayor-President the city and County of Lafayette (Louisiana, USA) Joel Robicie (Joel Robideaux) suggested that local residents consider the issue of the ICO and release their own cryptocurrency, and use the received means to “create a living lab researchers and developers blockchain”. At the same time, the mayor of Seoul Park Won-soon (Park Won-soon) announced that the city develops its own cryptocurrency S-Coin that will be used in social programs, financed from the local budget.
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