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Re:El Salvador adopts Bitcoin as official currency, first co... by paulgb on Tuesday September 07, 2021 @01:04PM (#28447151)
El Salvador’s adoption goes beyond making it legal tender, they require acceptance:

> every economic agent must accept bitcoin as payment when offered to him by whoever acquires a good or service

https://theconversation.com/bitcoin-will-soon-be-legal-tende...

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Re:El Salvador adopts Bitcoin as official currency, first co... by bee_rider on Tuesday September 07, 2021 @05:12PM (#28450020)
Bitcoins are at like $45k, if somebody comes in to the local CVS or whatever and buys a stick of gum with a bitcoin, are they expected to have $44,999 in change sitting around? That seems... odd.
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