[GNC] Bitcoin is legal currency in El Salvador - why not add BTC?

Derek Atkins derek at ihtfp.com
Sun Dec 5 11:09:30 EST 2021


On Sun, December 5, 2021 10:30 am, Dr. David Kirkby wrote:
> I've not been following this list much, but I gather the developers have
> been reluctant to add cryptocurrencies. But now
>
> * Many companies and charities are accepting cryptocurrencies for payments
> or donations.
> * Bitcoin (BTC) is legal tender in El Salvador
> * Many people using cryptocurrency as an investment
>
> Is there not a case for adding cryptocurrency support? For anyone able to
> build GnuCash from the source code, I would expect it to be a trivial
> matter to add whatever currency they want, but I would have thought
> there's
> a good case for adding cryptosupport, in addition to fiat currencies.

There is no ISO4217 entry for it.

> Dave

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-derek

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