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El Salvador McDonald's accepting bitcoin

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September 8, 2021

McDonald's El Salvador is now accepting bitcoin payments on the Lightning Network powered by OpenNode.

Working together, OpenNode and McDonald's are enabling Lightning Network Bitcoin payments at all 19 McDonald's locations in the country, plus online and through the McDonald's delivery app. McDonald's customers in El Salvador will be able to pay for Big Macs — and any other item on the McDonald's menu — using bitcoin, according to a press release.

"We are incredibly excited to work with McDonald's to help make adoption of the country's Bitcoin Law an operational success," Julie Landrum, head of growth for OpenNode, said in the release. "It's just a massive opportunity to demonstrate the power of the Lightning Network for everyday high volume, low value purchases at the most popular and successful fast food chain in the world. Clearly another significant milestone on the path to growing the bitcoin economy."