It's a huge step for Crypto users that Bitcoin voted official currency of Central African Republic
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The Central African Republic has followed El Salvador by becoming the second country to adopt bitcoin as an official currency
The CAR, which has a population of 4.83 million, approved BTC as legal tender alongside the existing CFA franc.
President Faustin Archange Touadera said in a statement that lawmakers at the National Assembley had unanimously passed a bill, which he signed into law.
The president’s office said it would put the CAR “on the map of the world’s boldest and most visionary countries.”
The move comes less than a year after El Salvador became the first country in the world to introduce bitcoin as a legal form of tender, allowing citizens to pay for goods, services and taxes.
Several other countries have been watching the Central American country closely to see whether bitcoin can bring about economic benefits, such as avoiding hyper inflation and reducing the reliance on the US dollar as the global reserve currency.
The Central African Republic will likely face more challenges than El Salvador in rolling out bitcoin adoption, with less than 20 per cent of the population having access to the internet, according to figures from the World Bank.