Aaron van Wirdum on Nostr: There is no universally accepted definition of “legal tender”. Arguably, if a ...
There is no universally accepted definition of “legal tender”. Arguably, if a country merely says a currency is legal tender, it is.
(It certainly has nothing to do with forcing people to accept it… most legal tenders aren’t forced on merchants.)
That’s why I’m curious if El Salvador explicitly said bitcoin won’t be legal tender anymore. Sounds like they didn’t say that, then?
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