Bitcon is Geld Wants Bitcoin to be Money

Bitcoin is Geld Campaign Seeks to Legally Define Bitcoin as Money In the Netherlands A Dutch campaign, which calls itself’Bitcoin is Geld’ (money), aims to lobby the Dutch government to accept Bitcoin as an actual money. The campaign, led by Bitonic – with the cooperation of SOLV, a Dutch law firm specializing in technology, and the Dutch Bitcoin Foundation – has started a fund raiser to hire lawyers that will help the campaign in lobbying the government. The campaign’s official website says that they need to raise at least 15 thousand euros, so that they can successfully convince the government that Bitcoin is indeed real money.

This post was published at Coin Brief on September 9, 2014.