Inside El Salvador’s Bitcoin Law Implementation
Bitcoiners who were in El Salvador as its Bitcoin law was implemented reflect on the good and the bad of state-sponsored Bitcoin adoption.Watch On YouTubeListen:AppleSpotifyLibsynOvercastEarlier this month, El Salvador officially implemented its revolutionary Bitcoin law, recognizing BTC as legal tender, compelling businesses across the country to accept the currency and introducing a state-sponsored bitcoin wallet called Chivo.The date was generally celebrated by the international Bitcoin community, but to share a more precise account of what this implementation meant for Salvadorans,....
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