Germany to recognize Bitcoin as legal tender?

[pmbug]

European Union lawmakers anticipate the arrival of the digital euro, but German politician Joana Cotar is pushing back against the currency and fighting in favor of Bitcoin.
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Cotar would also like to initiate a “preliminary examination” for a legal framework that would recognize Bitcoin as legal tender in Germany. “This includes ensuring the legal security for companies and citizens,” she said.
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https://cointelegraph.com/news/germ...ch-opponent-of-digital-euro-all-in-on-bitcoin

Cotar is just getting started building political support for her plan.

 

[GlennwaldSnowdenAssanged]

Is it good or bad that a Country and or State accept BTC as legal tender?
As of this point in time people that want to transact with BTC can do so without government approval.
It seems to me that Government authorization would be the beginning of the Govt getting their claws into it.

 

[pmbug]

I like freedom of choice. Ron Paul did too. That's what his Free Competition in Currencies bill was all about (though back when he was introducing it, Bitcoin/crypto wasn't really a thing yet).

 

[itechcables]

it's a strategic move in shaping the future of finance within an evolving economic framework.