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    I don’t think anything would prevent a site from accepting digital euros from everyone. If you’re in the us, your local grocery store is perfectly free to accept any currency they want, and you’re free to spend any currency you want. If you and your local grocery store agree on it then it’s perfectly legal for you to buy an avocado from them for 1 euro.

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      Yeah, the law just says that you must accept US currency for debts owed. Doesn’t say you have to accept it for everything.

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        Yeah by law you must accept us dollars, but you’re allowed to accept anything else you want in addition

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          Only for debts owed. That’s how stores can say they only accept credit card. If you’re just buying something, a store can refuse US currency.

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              There is no federal statute mandating that a private business, a person, or an organization must accept currency or coins as payment for goods or services.

              The federal reserve disagrees with you. https://www.federalreserve.gov/faqs/currency_12772.htm

              When you want to buy something, that isn’t a debt. It’s only a debt if you already own the thing and haven’t paid for it yet, so the law about accepting dollars in payment for debt doesn’t apply.