You don’t need the “legal tender” for that. Find a job that pays you in Bitcoin.

I wish it was that simple. Keep in mind that they get paid in US dollars. But yes, education is crucial. But it’s gonna take time. A lot.

The best.

3 years now.

He was asked the question now and RIGHTLY gave an opinion on the current situation.

This. The streaming resolution on Spotify is detrimental.

And Shake it Off!

Possibly always!

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/

Two years ago nostr:npub1zu5tdnq7w63fgmsfz85te7e6zeg7y2lt8q8r9jp5zcg68jfy73jqraqtgz and Max were the first to put their trust in a semi-unknown Italian podcaster by giving him a speech at the Baltic Honeybadger 2022.

It was a somewhat polemical talk entitled ‘Lights and shades of bitcoin as legal tender in El Salvador’, the result of a long journey of exploration, 41 days in the country of Bukele without cash or credit cards, just bitcoin. The aim was to understand whether, far from Bitcoin Beach, in the most rural areas of the country, one could really survive using only Bitcoin.

A lot has happened since then. Many more trips spent reporting on adoption in emerging countries, many, many more prestigious international conferences. Until Honeybadger 2024, where I was honoured to be among the hosts on the main stage.

All this to say that I am beyond grateful.❤️

PS. Those who would like to see that debut speech can find it here: https://youtu.be/wPMGPDjZz7A?si=GHJUN15PXi3am-0B

Oh wow. This is hilarious.

“For 99% of our existence on this planet, humans have lived long, healthy lives, and only really had to worry about either getting killed by either a wild animal, an enemy tribe that wanted our resources, or a rare, black swan plague that came through every once in a long while”

Well, that meat historically was a luxury is a proven fact. That said if you want to eat only red meat it’s a free choice. Just don’t rewrite history to make your point. You don’t need it.

This is THE WAY!

Not a movement at all. More a web of fancy private clubs for rich people. Reading is one thing, understanding is another!

First in 1888? 😂

Check your history books!

I think you mean ‘representative democracy’. Words are important and I often hear people generalising in a rather goofy way.

If, on the other hand, you really mean democracy in general, I don't want to convince you otherwise, but I would like to know what you would replace it with. Monarchy? Autocracy? Aristocracy? Polytheia? Theocracy?

Did you know that…

The term "credit card" first appeared in the realm of science fiction. It was introduced by author Edward Bellamy in his 1888 novel *Looking Backward*. In this utopian novel set in the year 2000, Bellamy describes a future society where people use a form of "credit card" to make purchases. This early concept of a credit card is different from what we use today but laid the groundwork for the idea of a card-based payment system.

Bellamy's vision involved a system where citizens could access their share of the nation's wealth through a card that debited from their government-provided credit, rather than borrowing money as in modern credit card systems.

The universe is in perpetual motion.

Oh c’mon! Why we can’t do both???