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‘Good Money’ Day: El Salvador Becomes First Bitcoin Country in the World

7-9-2021 < 21st Century Wire 75 123 words
 

Bitcoin Beach - El Zonte - El Salvador

Today, September 7, 2021, is a landmark day for the future of El Salvador and its people’s financial sovereignty as the tiny Central American country stands tall by becoming the first nation in the world to adopt Bitcoin as a legal currency.




El Salvadorans can now officially use the cryptocurrency instead of dollars and have the legal backing of their home country as they chart a new path towards greater financial freedom from a fiat money system that is centrally controlled and has for far too long controlled them.


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