Ok, you may say that there is somewhat a big difference, but what we need to grasp here is that El Salvador was not the first country to allow for Bitcoin to be used as money, Even though it is not considered legal tender in Germany or in Japan, it actually works pretty much the same as legal tender. For me, this is the same as saying the colour is Red or it is Claret...
Permit me to clarify this that what the world need us the first to set the pace, which is the country that first make bitcoin a legal tender, that enough is a tremendous success on El-Savador to the world, just as we have a number of scientist, researchers, cypherpunk, developers and engineers in all manner of professional technological development, who have in the previous years worked on digital currency and started the process which avail to nothing not until Satoshi Nakamoto work it out and bring in bitcoin, everyone is after Satoshi and not others that have been working over years without any results to back up their works, the world need those that will make history in presenting something new, not how far but how well, officially El-Savador still remains the first country to make bitcoin a legal tender.