Gary Johnson Wins Libertarian Nomination, Only Major Candidate to Accept Bitcoin Donations

US presidential candidate Gary Johnson has won the Libertarian Party nomination. He is also the only major presidential candidate to accepting donations in Bitcoin.
May 29th at the Libertarian Party convention in Orlando, Florida, Johnson was chosen as the party’s nominee. He placed first on a first ballot vote, though with insufficient margins to win outright. On the second ballot, Johnson secured the nomination, edging out Austin Petersen and John McAffee, respectively.
According to the donation page on the Johnson campaign website, Bitcoin is mentioned among the accepted forms of donations.

This post was published at Coin Telegraph on 2016-05-30.