Interesting thanks for sharing this
I have been very often critical of Bukele, especially of the state spyware Chivo Wallet, and of the statist propaganda of many bitcoiners who portray El Salvador as "Bitcoin heaven."
I must admit that it is good to read the president admit in his TIME interview that the adoption of Bitcoin in the country has NOT been the success that was expected.
Truth always wins.
TIME: I also want to ask you about the adoption of Bitcoin in El Salvador. (…) In your opinion, has it been a success?
BUKELE: Yes and no; a lot more could definitely be done. Bitcoin hasn't had the widespread adoption we hoped for. (…) It hasn’t had the adoption we expected. The positive aspect is that it is voluntary; we have never forced anyone to adopt it. (…)
For me, it is an option we have given to Salvadorans. I'm not going to say it's the currency of the future, but there's a lot of future in that currency.
TIME: You bet a lot on Bitcoin.
BUKELE: El Salvador invested $135 million. Now, we have $400 million in Bitcoin in the public wallet alone. (…) I feel that it could have worked better, and there is still time to make some improvements, but it hasn’t resulted in anything negative. On the contrary, it gave us branding, it brought us investments, it brought us tourism. (…)
In the end, the fact of being a “First Mover,” I think, gives us a small advantage, as far as it goes. I feel that it could have been much better. I wouldn't consider it a resounding success. Still, I do believe that the positive outcomes outweigh the negative.
Source: https://time.com/7015636/president-nayib-bukele-interview/
Thanks for sharing this
💜 Last year, nostr:npub19jfsjxx7gtw2t52qepx93ek57fdstfwszct3qqwzns4zxmvsc5gswf8rx0 became the first sports club on Nostr.
🫡 Today, we become the first sports club running a Nostr relay: https://relay.botev.sv/
This relay would not be happening without:
- The inspiration that we got from nostr:npub1dergggklka99wwrs92yz8wdjs952h2ux2ha2ed598ngwu9w7a6fsh9xzpc's writings in 2023
- The contagious enthusiasm of nostr:npub16c0nh3dnadzqpm76uctf5hqhe2lny344zsmpm6feee9p5rdxaa9q586nvr, nostr:npub18ams6ewn5aj2n3wt2qawzglx9mr4nzksxhvrdc4gzrecw7n5tvjqctp424, nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx, nostr:npub1v0lxxxxutpvrelsksy8cdhgfux9l6a42hsj2qzquu2zk7vc9qnkszrqj49
- The time invested by nostr:npub1mnwjn40hr042rsmzu64rsnwsw07uegg4tjkv620c94p6e797wkvq3qeujc to actually set up https://relay.botev.sv/
This is a small but important step in our recommittment to freedom.
👇 WHY?
1. Our club is named afer the poet and freedom fighter Hristo Botev, who died fighting for our country's freedm. Botev famously wrote "Only one who is free can be called human in the full sends of the word".
2. Botev FC suffered heavily to centralization and censorship during the Bulgarian communist era, when the team was forced to change its name to "Trakia" and was repeately mistreated in favor of communist-friendly clubs.
Embracing Bitcoin and Nostr is, therefore, the most natural step for our club's identity and historical roots.
If Hristo Botev was alive, he would have been a Bitcoiner running a full node and a Norst relay.
In the past year, we have mostly been cross-posting from Twitter to Nostr. But for us this is just the beginning. We already have plans for Nostr-exclusive content and keep looking for:
- the right Nostr clients that enable us to reinvent fan engagement;
- the best way to utilize our relat for our community;
- new purple paradigms and projects.
It was thrilling to join nostr:npub1nstrcu63lzpjkz94djajuz2evrgu2psd66cwgc0gz0c0qazezx0q9urg5l's Nostriga. The energy I felt in people reminded of the energy described in Ben Merzlich's "Bitcoin Billionaires" book about the Winklevos brothers. It is an honor to part of this community.
LET'S BUILD!
Following our club's slogan BEAUTY. FAITH. FIGHT.
🌟 We see the BEAUTY of Nostr and Bitcoin.
🙏 We have FAITH Nostr and Bitcoin can make the world freer
⚔️ We contribute to this worthwhile FIGHT.
🚀 The ₿est is Yet to Come!
⚽ One Goal At a Time!
P.S.
🚨 Follow nostr:npub19jfsjxx7gtw2t52qepx93ek57fdstfwszct3qqwzns4zxmvsc5gswf8rx0
🚨 Add relay.botev.sv to your client
Amazing!
I've heard Anytype could be an alternative.
How can we enable te lighting setup ? Newbie here