Legal tender means you must accept it
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legal tender means not that you can accept payment, but you must, by force of law accept payment in this currency.
Episode 42: we're all a flutter. Yeah, it's Friday, you know what that means? Time for a mee (approx., from transcript intro) 01:25:12 (play audio from this timestamp, opens in a new tab)
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Discussing El Salvador's Bitcoin law, Dave clarifies a common misunderstanding. Legal tender doesn't just mean the government allows you to accept a currency; by force of law you must accept it as payment for goods and services.