Quote from: DooMAD on May 06, 2018, 03:15:54 PM

That's not a clear statement on overall legality, though. You're twisting the meaning of the words.

legal tender: coins or banknotes that must be accepted if offered in payment of a debt.

Bitcoin isn't "legal tender" anywhere in the world yet as far as I'm aware. There's nothing that mandates a merchant accept it for payment. It's strictly voluntary. That doesn't mean it's illegal to use in most places, though.

As an example of what legal tender might look like, the US State of Arizona Senate passed a bill to allow the state to accept bitcoin for income tax payments, but it doesn't come into effect until 2020, assuming it makes it through the state's House of Representatives. That would be a step closer to bitcoins becoming legal tender. The law would then plainly declare bitcoin must be accepted in that state, although, so far, only for the purposes of income tax.

Interesting discussion. This is all that is news that needs clarification and strong references. really what not.

Then, what really bothered me was; Is there a country that forbids Bitcoin totally and decisively. For example, "Bitcoin Users Will Be Captured". Is there any? because I know all the countries rumored to ban bitcoin is actually just forbid it to be used for sale and purchase transactions. While for such activities as Trading is not prohibited. just encouraged to be careful. It's very important to get a credible reference.