IN THE HEART OF MOLISE THERE IS THE "BITCOIN TOWN"

It has about 1800 inhabitants and around thirty commercial activities, all of which accept payments through Bitcoin.

It is Fornelli, in the heart of Molise, in the province of Isernia.

Fornelli hosts the first monument in Italy dedicated to the founder of Bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto, with the ambition of becoming the "bitcoin town".

Everything started from an idea of the crypto-artist Mattia Pannoni, a native of Fornelli. "An idea of mine shared with the mayor, Giovanni Tedeschi - Pannoni tells ANSA - Besides being a crypto-artist, I am a bitcoiner and I wanted this technology to reach as many people as possible".

The monument is a stainless steel statue, installed at the belvedere. When viewed from the front, it seems to disappear: "An effect I wanted to create - explains the artist - because Satoshi disappeared into thin air many years ago, and no one knows his identity".

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