- Tesla’s alleged addition of Bitcoin code has been debunked.
- Dogecoin remains on the Tesla payment source code.
- In 2021, Tesla cited environmental concerns to halt BTC payments.
There were rumors in the community that Tesla added Bitcoin and Dogecoin to its payment page source code. However, upon verification, it was found that Bitcoin and Dogecoin were already present in the source code as early as January 2023. It appears that Tesla did not remove this… pic.twitter.com/CATEWPmnVn— Wu Blockchain (@WuBlockchain) July 20, 2023
Contrary to the buzz in the crypto community, it has been confirmed that Bitcoin and Dogecoin were, in fact, already embedded in Tesla’s source code as far back as January 2023 based on information retrieved from the web archive. According to Wu, Tesla made no attempts to edit its source code when it previously discontinued the option to pay with Bitcoin.
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