Anniversary · 7 September · THE CHRONICLE
El Salvador’s Bitcoin Law takes effect. For the first time, bitcoin is legal tender in a country, alongside the US dollar. Passed in June with 62 of 84 votes. Since a 2025 reform, accepting it is voluntary.
EL SALVADOR · LEY BITCOIN · 07.09.2021
Turn it over, answer, sign – free, no account.
Source
Fact · Ley Bitcoin, Decreto Legislativo No. 57 of 8 June 2021, Diario Oficial No. 110, Tomo 431, 9 June 2021; Art. 16: in force 90 days after publication = 7 September 2021. Reform: Decreto Legislativo No. 199 of 29 January 2025, Diario Oficial No. 21, Tomo 446, 30 January 2025 (https://www.jurisprudencia.gob.sv/DocumentosBoveda/R/2/2020-2029/2021/06/1080B6.HTML). Both via Centro de Documentación Judicial (jurisprudencia.gob.sv). Vote count 62/84 secondary only (El Economista, citing a tweet by Nayib Bukele).
The question on the back
How much say should a state have in how you pay?