El Salvador is the first country to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender.
![As the government grappled with technical problems, a small but growing group of people opposed to the new Bitcoin law turned out to protest it in the capital San Salvador on Tuesday [Photo courtesy of John Dennehy]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/IMG-20210907-WA0014.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
John Dennehy grew up in New York but often lives abroad. His first book, Illegal, is about Ecuador and crossing borders. He is currently based in Quit... o.
El Salvador is the first country to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender.
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