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Title: [2014-08-05] Kyrgyzstan: Bitcoin Payments Violate State Law
Post by: epere on August 05, 2014, 03:16:36 AM
http://www.coindesk.com/kyrgyzstan-bitcoin-payments-violate-state-law/

The National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic, the central bank of Kyrgyzstan, has issued new statements confirming the use of bitcoin and other digital currencies as a form of payment is currently illegal under national law.

Issued this July, the notice states that the only legal tender in Kyrgyzstan is the national currency, the som (KGS), and that as such, any use of bitcoin for payment violates this policy. At press time, 1 KGS was worth $0.019.


Title: Re: [2014-08-05] Kyrgyzstan: Bitcoin Payments Violate State Law
Post by: bitsmichel on August 05, 2014, 08:51:36 AM
http://www.coindesk.com/kyrgyzstan-bitcoin-payments-violate-state-law/

The National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic, the central bank of Kyrgyzstan, has issued new statements confirming the use of bitcoin and other digital currencies as a form of payment is currently illegal under national law.

Issued this July, the notice states that the only legal tender in Kyrgyzstan is the national currency, the som (KGS), and that as such, any use of bitcoin for payment violates this policy. At press time, 1 KGS was worth $0.019.

How are they going to regulate this? It's not possible. Every citizen can simple use bitcoin and exchange them in a neighbouring state.


Title: Re: [2014-08-05] Kyrgyzstan: Bitcoin Payments Violate State Law
Post by: TheButterZone on August 05, 2014, 10:24:21 PM
Bring on the summary executions, then.


Title: Re: [2014-08-05] Kyrgyzstan: Bitcoin Payments Violate State Law
Post by: dwdoc on August 06, 2014, 02:47:10 AM
Kyrgyz

Currency's not worth sh*t but kyrgyz is worth 26 scrabble points!


Title: Re: [2014-08-05] Kyrgyzstan: Bitcoin Payments Violate State Law
Post by: Kprawn on August 06, 2014, 09:07:35 AM
Their country will stay in the dark age and be left behind, and the people will transfer their savings into BTC to protect it from the falling fiat currency.

Poor decision, that will cost them more in the long run. The same is done with other countries and the same response --> Black market use of banned items/currency increased.

And it becomes even more popular.  ;D ;D


Title: Re: [2014-08-05] Kyrgyzstan: Bitcoin Payments Violate State Law
Post by: bryant.coleman on August 08, 2014, 07:06:05 AM
Almost one-fifth of the Kyrgyz population is outside the country, working in various blue collar jobs (mostly in Kazakhstan and Russia). If Bitcoins are banned in Kyrgyzstan, then the people can easily purchase them in Russia.