Retailers look to Bitcoin as currency for life's basics

By Zoe Kleinman - Technology reporter, BBC News

In the seaside town of Swanage, "cash only" signs still pepper the high street shops and cafes.

 
Bank transaction charges and problems with phone lines have led some to reluctantly abandon accepting any other form of payment, even during the lucrative summer holidays.

But one local business has decided to embrace a controversial alternative.


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