The Legendary TV Show “60 Minutes” Turns Its Eye To El Salvador’s Bitcoin Beach
It doesn’t get much mainstream than CBS’s “60 Minutes.” The legendary show debuted in 1968 and has been going strong ever since. And now, they’re talking about El Zonte AKA Bitcoin Beach, the place where it all started. How did it start, though? Even though Bitcoinist has written extensively about the subject, we learned a […]
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As it turns out, the “60 Minutes” report on Bitcoin Beach that we recently covered had a hidden segment. The title is “The tech behind the Bitcoin Beach Wallet,” and the “60 Minutes” website describes it as “A small town in El Salvador is fostering a Bitcoin economy, in part, because the technology meets local […]
Sharyn Alfonsi, a journalist and 60 Minutes correspondent, interviewed Mike Peterson, one of the people who funded the Bitcoin Beach project and encouraged crypto adoption. 60 Minutes, the CBS news show that has been running since 1968, will feature El Salvador’s Bitcoin Beach in a new episode airing April 10.According to a Friday post from 60 Minutes’ Twitter account, the investigative news show will air a segment on the crypto-friendly area of El Zonte, a village located in El Salvador, where residents and visitors have been able to use Bitcoin (BTC) to pay for anything from utility....
It’s all about El Zonte. A beach town that took part in an economic experiment, became Bitcoin Beach and changed its country. Also, if everything goes right, it will change the world. For the best. As Bitcoinist reported, “People all over the world are searching for information on real state and citizenship in El Salvador.“ […]
On day three of El Salvador’s financial inclusion and funding for SMEs conference, Bitcoin has stolen the show. The orange pilling adventure in El Salvador continues. In a video that beggars belief, 44 central bankers and financial delegates from emerging markets around the world shout “Bitcoin!” while posing for a photo in El Zonte, El Salvador:And all the Central Bankers screamed…. pic.twitter.com/MxdOrYD3lc— Bitcoin Beach (@Bitcoinbeach) May 20, 2022 It seems that by day three of El Salvador’s financial inclusion conference, the central bankers are warming to Satoshi Nakamoto’s....
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