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Potentially FIRST in the WORLD: A UK school accepts bitcoin for fees paymentsindependentschoolmanagement.co.uk/news/first-uk-school-accepts-bitcoin-for-fees-payments
290 sats \ 3 comments \ @Coinsreporter 11 Apr bitcoin
Lomond School, a co-educational, independent day and boarding school in the Scottish town of Helensburgh for those aged three-18, is to become the first school in the UK — and potentially the world — to accept Bitcoin as a form of payment for school fees.
Parents can start paying with Bitcoin from the Autumn term.
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50 sats \ 0 replies \ @endothermicdev 11 Apr
I'm pretty sure St. Anne's in Zimbabwe has been doing this for like 5 years at this point. There have been several @anita posch podcasts with the school's principal, Ms. Aurra. When your local currency is garbage it kind of becomes a necessity. Good for Lomond School though!
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @398ja 12 Apr
For context, private schools tuition fees were exempt of vat until recently, after Keir Starmer/Labour won the general elections.
The 20% increase in school fees has made private schools prohibitively expensive, and some of them are now struggling financially...
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Msd0457890 11 Apr
another example of how Bitcoin has spread throughout the world and consolidated itself as an asset of value and reserve.
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