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Buterin Calls Mandatory Acceptance of Bitcoin in El Salvador Counter to Crypto’s ‘Ideals of Freedom’

The Ethereum co-founder’s comments appear to refer to an article in El Salvador’s Bitcoin Law, but in reality the requirement for merchants to accept bitcoin is not that clear.

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images)