Roatán
region Trusted third party
A Caribbean dive island off Honduras, best known to bitcoiners as home of Próspera, the private charter city at Pristine Bay. Bitcoin circulates inside Próspera and at scattered island merchants, but the rest of Roatán runs on lempiras, dollars, and tourism. Costs sit above mainland Honduras, especially in the expat enclaves.
On the ground
- Acceptance: concentrated inside Próspera; sparse across the rest of the island
- Cost: Tourist-island pricing — higher than mainland Honduras, lower than the Caribbean's marquee islands.
- Last updated: 2026-06-12
The legal layer: Honduras
Honduras taxes territorially, so foreign-source crypto gains generally fall outside Honduran tax; inside Próspera ZEDE residents historically paid low flat taxes (around 10% on income), but the zone's legal framework was declared unconstitutional in September 2024 and its tax guarantees remain contested.
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