Bitcoin Listed as El Salvador’s Currency on Wikipedia

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Bitcoin Listed as El Salvador’s Currency on Wikipedia

Wikipedia has listed Bitcoin as one of El Salvador’s official currencies, soon after the country announced legalizing Bitcoin as a medium of exchange. 

Wikipedia has listed Bitcoin (BTC) as one of El Salvador’s official currencies —shortly after, the country turned BTC into an official legal tender approved by a supermajority in the Salvadoran Congress.

• El Salvador became the first country to accept Bitcoin as a legal tender. It will take 90 days for the law to be enacted, which will allow merchants and the general population to prepare. 

• Besides, the country will grant citizenship to anyone that invests Bitcoin into the nation’s economy.

• The recent adoption by less-developed countries has given a lot of discussion to the crypto community. Many at first thought that first-world countries would be the first to pass laws to adopt Bitcoin as a legal tender or use blockchain technology. 

• But cryptocurrencies have proven to be alternative store values and a way to protect oneself from hyperinflation. Soon after El Salvador announced Bitcoin as a legal Tender, Paraguay started working on projects involving Bitcoin and PayPal. Likewise, Panamá is working on a proposal to embrace BTC and other cryptos as well.