TENANTS in Brighton can now choose to pay their rent in cryptocurrency. Those renting a property through the online lettings management platform Mashroom can now pay their rent in a virtual currency, such as Bitcoin. A cryptocurrency is a digital currency based on a network distributed across a large number of computers. Mashroom announced it will be accepting cryptocurrency from today, and said the payment process would be very similar to standard card payments. The online platform allows landlords to let their properties without going through an estate agent. Stepan Dobrovolskiy, chief executive and founder of Mashroom, said: “Nineteen per cent of the homes in England are occupied by private renters, and for an increasing number of them, cryptocurrency is the payment method of choice.