El Salvador President Says They Will Now Become a Bitcoin Mining Nation Using 100% Renewable Energy from Their Volcanoes

El Salvador Becomes First Country To Adopt Bitcoin As Legal Tender After Passing Law
Lawmakers in the Central American country’s Congress voted by a “supermajority” in favor of the Bitcoin Law, receiving 62 out of 84 of the legislature’s vote.

The exchange rate with the U.S. dollar “will be freely established by the market,” according to the proposed law. El Salvador’s current official currency is the U.S. dollar.

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