Zimbabwe Provides ‘Ideal Scenario’ for Bitcoin Companies, Says Lawyer in White Paper
Zimbabwean lawyer Simba Machiridza has written a white paper on the state of the preparedness of the country as a base for Bitcoin companies. He concludes that Zimbabwe is an ideal destination. Machiridza believes Bitcoin offers a viable alternative to Zimbabwe’s current financial framework, and wrote the paper in order to analyze whether it would be possible for Bitcoin to be adopted in the country, which has a multicurrency regime. He concludes in the white paper that the laws currently in place in Zimbabwe would permit the application of Bitcoin, should the authorities adopt an open....
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Trammell was one of the first to recognize Bitcoin’s potential and offers unique perspective for Bitcoiners celebrating White Paper Day 2022.
A technical manifesto, the Bitcoin white paper was released in 2008 under an MIT public license for all to learn from, share and enjoy.