Editing Dish Network (section)

===Blockchain and cryptocurrency===
DISH has been described as the first large company to accept [[cryptocurrency]] and being “comfortable with cryptocurrency”. The company has accepted [[Bitcoin]] since 2014. Four years later it began accepting [[Bitcoin Cash]]. In September 2021, it announced a partnership with [[Charles Hoskinson|Input Output Global]] (formerly known as IOHK) to build subscription services based on the [[Cardano (blockchain platform)|Cardano]] blockchain.<ref>Zacks Equity Research (2022) “DISH Network (DISH) to report Q4 earnings: What's in store?”, February 23, Nasdaq. https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/dish-network-dish-to-report-q4-earnings%3A-whats-in-store</ref> The following month it set up a system to expand [[5G]] mobile network through customers using the [[Citizens Broadband Radio Service]] with rewards paid in cryptocurrency.<ref>Steven Vaughan-Nichols (2021) “Dish partners with FreedomFi to deliver 5G hotspots”, October 26, ZDNet. https://www.zdnet.com/article/dish-partners-with-freedomfi-to-deliver-5g-hotspots/</ref>