Bitcoin is now legal in California. Not that anyone was arrested for using it before. Governor Jerry Brown signed a law on Saturday that allows alternative currencies like Starbuck Stars, Amazon Coins and bitcoin to be legally used in California, repealing an older law prohibiting commerce using anything but “the lawful money of the United States.”
This article originally appeared on Recode.net.
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