Talk:Bitcoin Law

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Did you know... that the Bitcoin Law would make El Salvador the first country to recognize bitcoin as legal tender?

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The result was: promoted by Desertarun (talk) 08:08, 15 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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... that under the Bitcoin Law, bitcoin will become legal tender in El Salvador? Source: "Bitcoin: El Salvador makes cryptocurrency legal tender". BBC. 9 June 2021. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
- ALT1:... that the Bitcoin Law makes El Salvador the first country to recognize bitcoin as legal tender? Source: Hart, Robert (9 June 2021). "El Salvador Makes History As World's First Country To Make Bitcoin Legal Tender". Forbes. Retrieved 9 June 2021.

Reviewed: University Club of New York
Comment: Deleted a trivia hook (16:15, 9 June 2021) as the trivia was deleted in the article. It was "... that before taking the Bitcoin Law to the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador, President Nayib Bukele gave his Twitter avatar glowing laser eyes...? Source: Arnold, Tom; Strohecker, Karin (9 June 2021). "El Salvador president's bitcoin push casts shadow over IMF efforts". Reuters. Retrieved 9 June 2021."

Created by Roniius (talk). Self-nominated at 10:54, 9 June 2021 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall:

I strongly suggest ALT1 is the stronger hook. Looks great all round! Echetus Xe 17:01, 14 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Sourcing @David Gerard:'s blog

I removed a statement since it was sourcing David Gerard's blog. The statement was about the link with Tether. I dunno if even the original Zap source can be cited since it is also a blog post. --Ysangkok (talk) 01:00, 13 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

yeah, I'm just writing a blog, not a NEWSORG! The original statement is a primary source (literally Jack Mallers), so that should be usable. OTOH that was in January.

The big problem is that we have pretty much no detail on the El Salvador bitcoin scheme. Like, nobody knew this was a thing until a week ago. So if we have a skimpy article, that's because the sources don't exist.

The money laundering concerns may rate a mention in "reception" edit: oh they're there - David Gerard (talk) 11:51, 13 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Opposition party has filed a lawsuit against the Bitcoin Law

Well new sources are reporting that the opposition party has filed a lawsuit against the Bitcoin Law. Here's the link. El Salvador’s Opposition Party Files Lawsuit Against Bukele’s Bitcoin Bet, 22 June 2021. I don't know how flat the playing field is in the court system of El Salvador, so don't know if this is real news, and could sideline the law, or if the majority party can just steamroll the courts. Interesting development in any case. N2e (talk) 16:22, 22 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Holding bitcoin in the gvmt treasury

El Salvador has some Bitcoin in the treasury of the government. Not sure if this is the article for it, but this source from a couple weeks after the Bitcoin Law went into effect says the Salvadoran government held 700 Bitcoin at that time. BITCOIN PRICE FLASH CRASH PROMPTS EL SALVADOR PRESIDENT TO ‘BUY THE DIP’, UK Independent. Perhaps is more appropriate in an article on the Government of El Salvador or some article on the financial/treasury dept of the country. Not sure. N2e (talk) 11:03, 16 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]