Elon Musk stated on his Twitter account that it will be possible to pay with Bitcoin outside the United States later this year.

Elon Musk stated on his Twitter account that it will be possible to pay with Bitcoin outside the United States later this year.

You can now buy a Tesla with Bitcoin Tesla is using only internal & open source software & operates Bitcoin nodes directly. Bitcoin paid to Tesla will be retained as Bitcoin, not converted to fiat currency.

Pay by Bitcoin capability available outside US later this year

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 24, 2021

He also said that Tesla will only use internal and open source software and operate Bitcoin nodes directly. Bitcoin paid to Tesla will be kept as Bitcoin, and will not be converted into fiat currency.

Tesla is using only internal & open source software & operates Bitcoin nodes directly.

Bitcoin paid to Tesla will be retained as Bitcoin, not converted to fiat currency.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 24, 2021