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If there is any country which has thoroughly supported Cryptocurrencies, especially Bitcoin, it definitely would be Switzerland.

Firstly chiasso in Switzerland had stated earlier last month that taxes can now be paid in bitcoin in the town, which I've not yet seen any country or city to do so, if you have, please comment the name of the city and country below.

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It`s normal that the most democratic country in the world will accept the most democratic  digital currency.
Switzerland is a very innovation-friendly country and they should help for bitcoin mass adoption.
Anyway,it`s just one town.I don`t know about any other countries and towns that accept bitcoin taxation.

Please stop promoting your own website in this forum.I understand it's nice way to promote but still STOP IT.You can't advertise like that and to your question i only know of Japan and now Switzerland that have adopted bitcoin this good.

Switzerland is indeed one of the most liberal laws regarding bitcoin but it's a start. Remember how popular were the Swiss banks? We now know that they have completely lost confidence after they started to work closely with the FBI. Maybe Switzerland is trying to restore its credibility in bitcoin.

Switzerland is a small country and I dont think it will make it more popular.I think bitcoin community should work to convince china government to unban crypto in their country

truly bitcoin are turn to become famous swtzerland are the one of th moste popular country in the name of good economy nice to heard switzerland is small country but rich in term of the economy glad to heard of that news for bitcoin.

How exactly is Switzerland turning into the Bitcoin country? I thought it was famous for hiding offshore wealth to evade taxes. :P

This is good. More and more countries are turning into a bitcoin country and it is amazing to tell that bitcoin is getting recognized or noticed by the countries like switzerland. I hope that in the future, we can see more and more country that will adopt bitcoin and use it as a secondary currency for their country and use it to develop their economy and help bitcoin too.

I really think that is already possible to do that in Japan as well. They do accept it as legal tender, so shouldn't that also mean that Japanese citizens can choose to pays taxes with bitcoin if they want to? What really impressed me with that article, is that apparently there are Universities accepting bitcoin as a payment for its tuition, and that is something new to me, and will definitely help to spread the word about bitcoin.

Swizz are one step ahead of time, and they are very smart, I must say, collecting taxes in Bitcoins means double the income, for them when ever the price increases, also I believe they were accepting it for tourism also. Just a few hours to this post, some one had posted that that their school's and university are now accepting Bitcoins. I feel they could easily cross the numbers for Bitcoins used by any country, though I feel Japan will be the most used country for Bitcoin.

Actually, no. Switzerland isn't a BTC country.
To the best of my knowledge, there hasn't been any sign of BTC support at the confederation level. What we've seen so far are many local initiatives. Like in the small city of Chiasso, or in the canton of Zug, near Zurich.

Switzerland has been one of the more bitcoin friendly countries but i wouldn't call it "the bitcoin country". it is not close to that title at all. a "bitcoin country" would be something more like Japan, where bitcoin is actually legalized and regulated, there are not taxes on bitcoin payments, and lots of merchants are accepting bitcoin there. in comparison Switzerland does nothing!

Pretty much expected from a country like Switzerland pushing to a move like this, a country's bank which accounted for the storage of most of India's black money. Nevertheless, this is a very ideal foundation for more EU countries to follow suite and allow for Bitcoin to be used throughout the country for various purposes.

I’ve read in the news that The Swiss municipality speacilly in Chiasso (Never heard of the town) is going to let residents pay their taxes in bitcoin(amazeballs), its mayor has announced.
Also according to what I have read is that the community, on Switzerland’s southern border with Italy, is in vie with Zug to be the country’s cryptocurrency center which is more likely that the whole country will follow if this will become a successs. Zug, which styles itself as “Crypto Valley,” launched a pilot last year in which it started accepting bitcoin payments for municipal services. The pilot was apparently a success, so Zug has kept the program running.

Although Europe as a whole is distrustful of the crypto currency, it's nice to see that small countries like Sweden, Denmark, Switzerland perceive it positively. Denmark and Sweden in general intend in a few years to go only to digital money, excluding from their turnover of ordinary paper money.

I agree.

Switzerland don't seem neutral anymore xD

I would also add Japan to that list. As of late they seem to be pretty bullish on bitcoin.

Maybe even Russia, hear they're getting into mining over there..

i don't know! as long as there is Japan i don't think other countries have much of the chance at that title :D

this news in OP is just a tiny "talk" more than things actually happening. and it is such a small one too. if you compare it to Japan, they legalized bitcoin for any kind of payment all over the country!
there is a lot of adoption in Switzerland though, i am not denying that. but it is only in top 10 not the first one.

Yes that is really very nice to hear, and hope that very soon we will be able to hear such good news about, i am hopeful that very soon even those countries who have banned bitcoin in present time i think that in future we can expect that they will also accept bitcoin, because bitcoin is the need of the modern time and therefor every county have to accept bitcoin as legal currency.

Switzerland has always been an openminded country. The country don't resist positive changes like those who resist and cheat later to catch up. .
No need to the beg for mass adoption by the way. The inventors of toothbrush never begged anyone to use toothbrush.

As more countries ban Bitcoin because they are scared that people use it instead of their national currencies (in a free choice) the countries that give you this freedom of choice like Switzerland, will thrive and will become bitcoin friendly countries with all the powerful whales living there. In Switzerland, there are more and more ATM machines everywhere. You can buy BTC pretty much anywhere in the country now. All the train stations have Bitcoin ATMs.

Switzerland is my favorite country in so many ways and of course this is very much expected from that country. Other countries will be following one by one.

Switzerland been quite active in inheriting Bitcoin and Blockchain tech in their system. Swiss banks were the first to launch Bitcoin asset management service and now Chiasso in Switzerland became the first municipal corporation to accept tax payments in bitcoin.

The Mayor of Chiasso, Bruno Arrigoni, said

I think, soon, the whole country will start accepting Bitcoin at government level having Chiasso, a tech hub of Switzerland as an example and that would be a huge step forward for Bitcoin community.

Switzerland certainly has some interesting moves regarding cryptocurrency but it is far from being transformed in bitcoin country.One small town which accept tax to be pay in BTC is a very interesting thing,it would be nice to see others to follow.

It is interesting that for a while buying BTC in Switzerland is very easy using ticket vending machine on railway station,you just need cash/debit card and mobile number which I think must be from swiss mobile.There is also option to buy/sell BTC through ATM using two companies Bity SA and Bitcoin Suisse AG which also offer to buy/sell BTC using their web pages.

I believe that the use of BTC will become even more widespread in future,they are definitely on the right track to become country in which BTC can be used in everyday life.

 There is no doubt that you are promoting two things here. First Bitcoin In Switzerland and second your own website named as https://zycrypto.com/, but I can't find any wrong stuff in doing that, because at the end you are promoting Bitcoin and this is the best place to do that. Also Switzerland is setting an example for other nations it is giving people all the benefits that a Bitcoin lover can think Bitcoin ATM, Tuition fees being accepted, a better tax system and much more are being introduced. Also it’s not the only country where tax is imposed on Bitcoin, Japan, Germany, Australia, UK, United States and The European Union.

This is a really great news for bitcoin. This can further entice people to get interested with bitcoin and eventually use it. And once that happens the demand for bitcoin will surely increase and the price of bitcoin will be increasing correspondently.

I think Japan is far more than Switzerland because they really are into bitcoin and it is really legalized on their country. South Korea does the same too, and if it's that so about Switzerland then it is a good signal that many countries are adopting bitcoin, hope that the word will spread worldwide so that other countries might adopt and embrace bitcoin as a legalized currency.

Wonder if there is any relation with mining and the cold weather

Japan is different because they have adopted bitcoin and even legalized it. However, Switzerland has also been embracing bitcoin but I think there is no official word from the government yet. However, it is still good news to see them accepting bitcoin with open arms and there was even a news that a school is accepting bitcoin as tuition fee payment. They will be one of the leaders in the world in terms of bitcoin acceptance.

Well its not bad to promote his own site though since you do have the free decision if you would able to click that link or not as long he discuss about this bitcoin country thing. Besides Switzerland I do believe that Japan is the first. If this country turns out to adopt bitcoin then its good and we can say adoption is gradually increasing but not totally a bitcoin country knowing that they do have still their local fiat currency.

I expected a bit more from Switzerland, since they were one of the first countries to accept Bitcoin. They should have been

far ahead by now, but they gaining momentum at a very low pace. Even Japan is growing faster than them now. The US seem

to have some sort of influence on their decision making regarding things connected to security matters. As we saw with the

Protonmail issues.  ???

I don't think Japan is growing faster than Switzerland. I'm not sure if you can pay taxes or not in Japan using bitcoin. I think so, since they consider them as legal tender, so it would be strange if they didn't, but accepting University tuition payments in the form of Bitcoin is a big deal to me. So I really don't think Switzerland is moving slower than Japan. They are both doing an amazing job in my opinion, and others should follow. Actually they already put everything in place to make the growth if bitcoin possible. Now we need more merchants and consumers using bitcoin. We can't neglect that the bitcoin network needs to evolve as well, in order to get more attractive for daily use, and not just long term investment or trade. Once fees get lower and transactions get faster, we will see more and more adoption in these two countries.

This is a reality that Switzerland is now turning into Bitcoins and gradually through out the world it will be introduce as official currency in every country and then the world will be know as Bitcoin world.

Wow that sounds more good yes I think this will happened because Switzerland is that type of country in which bitcoin will easily get his position and we know all democratic countries will accept democratic currency and products also and like Switzerland which is friendly to all world I think this will be really good for bitcoin growth.

I think after happening this bitcoin head will need to make a party because they have selected that type of country where bitcoin will be allowed very soon and people will live it because Switzerland is like normal and friendly nature country and there no one will point bitcoin for negative things I think this is amazing for bitcoins users.

For switzerland to accept bitcoin to be used for paying tax it means the country is innovative oriented. The country is technologically advance and the country will reach a great high financially and will be ahead of other countries in the nearest future that are busy banning bitcoin. If we all follow up on some great technological concepts that are coming up we will realize that with bitcoin life will be make simple to humanity.

true... so true.... swiss government also protects its users. It's the perfect country to be in if you wanna stay anonymous. It's also the location of proton mail!
Switzerland is also the country with the highest growth rate, not because of bitcoin, but because the government are reasonable! they are not stupid like the rest of the worlds govs.

ive always found that Switzerland as been ahead in a lot of things their health care and education system is flawless and they are starting to embrace bitcoin which shows that they generally have some smart minds behind their system.

Switzerland is my favorite country, i wonder how clever goverment of this country. Even in  universities  students  learn  blockchain technology and even more they can pay  in bitcoins  for their  education

Based on my readings online, I think many other countries, apart from Switzerland and United States are turning into bitcoin, our other cryptocurrencies for that matter. Upon reading here and there, I found that China, Japan, and other Asian countries too are exploring; however, since many of these countries are still on start up, the alt currencies they have are not as powerful as bitcoin.

I've been reading from some US gurus that the real target of Bitcoin and the likes is the 10 trillion dollars deposited in the Cayman Island, BVI and the likes. Switzerland has very efficient and advanced financial service: they have seen bitcoin potential well in advance

Switzerland is the country of cheese and of famous banks. They know what to do for the money to be in their favor. Especially when it comes to banks, Switzerland is the most progressist country in the world. If you have some money invested in a Switzerland bank then you know that you can trust them. I knew from one month ago that some people can pay their taxes with Bitcoin, thus is Switzerland is turning into "the bitcoin country", you can trust the great future of the bitcoin.
  

Yeah, Switzerland is pretty much the haven of technological innovation. They fully support new technologies and are quite lax with their regulations, careful not to negatively impact their growth. I wish the rest of the world would follow their model.

This is definitely good towards bitcoin on Switzerland and also for the global market. This may added to the factors that BTC price is surging now. ACceptance can boost additional interest on global community. I hope the other countries may follow Switzerland's actions toward Bitcoin.

Well this doesn't impact a lot Bitcoin as Switzerland is better known as the last country on earth to be attacked when wars are happening. In such case your money are safe as there is an international convention which protects your money if you have them stored in a bank in Switzerland.

Swiss government seems a little too friendly with blockchain, bitcoin and cryptos, example, Swiss City Authority of Zug Plans to Verify IDs Using Ethereum, Swiss Bank Introduces Bitcoin Asset Management Service, Bitcoin Certificate Has Become the Most Traded Structured Product on Traditional Swiss Stock Exchange and a lot like this, you might find these interesting https://www.bitcoinmarketinsider.com/?s=Swiss

Well both Switzerland and Japan have decided they want to be at the head of the fintech revolution - and you can't have proper fintech without legalising bitcoin.

This is great news for our users of Bitcoins in addition to being famous this can still be followed by neighboring countries of Swetzerland. We know that Swetzerlang is also one of the most powerful countries and since they have been implemented to legalize bitcoins, it is one of the steps in countries that propagate the bitcoins

Yeah, maybe it's the right time to move there...  ;D

I like the country, damn expensive but salaries are at top

The Swiss van Falcon was the first to provide traditional banking services in bitcoins. The Bank gives its clients the opportunity to buy and sell the Crypto currency, and also to open accounts in it. Obviously, interest will be accrued on them, the amount of which is not disclosed. Finally. In the foyer of the headquarters Falcon in Zurich appeared bitcoin-ATM. Through it, you can replenish your bitcoin account by making the usual currency, or withdraw from this account real cash. That's cool.

I am very happy if bitcoin is acceptable in many countries to support bitcoin as digital currency, bitcoin will be more popular in many countries which will accept bitcoin as digital currency which they will use maybe the next few years will be same with swiss which can research and support digital currencies like bitcoins

That's doesn't come as a surprise. Switzerland has always been a neutral country with most large banks, so they have to accept bitcoin. They want to be part of it and so they facilitate tech companies to develop new bitcoin related techniques and devices. Switzerland jumps in now, so they can stay ahead with this new currency.

Wow. That's great news! Haven't heard a country allow these kind of payments before. Not even once. Clearly, the pople that run that place are open minded people and are open for new possibilities to improve their country and its people. If only a lot of leaders actually care to think this way and set their greed aside, a lot would really benefit from this monumental technology.

I surely hope Bitcoins and all other crypto currencies become legal also in my country.

I've seen lot's of used mining equipment sold from Switzerland. Seems indeed like crypto is big there.

Switzerland is one of the most free country on the earth and they are the supporting bitcoin most. so I didn't really surprise to see that they are turning into "the bitcoin country".

Maybe they will be the first country to fully embrace Bitcoin as their national currency?

I wish Nigeria can key into this feat ASAP

it is one of the greatest country to live as it provides great living conditions and provide real democracy. it is no surprise that Switzerland is actually bitcoin country.