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No props deserved on my end, because the impact has not been close to a fraction of what I wanted to achieve... yet! Will keep going, but it's hard to get traction when the same people that are interested in Bitcoin are also really into getting rich real quick (and always getting scammed.)
On the upside, I have achieved building a great network of people that truly hate scammers. We fight them now and together we got entire governments to stop focusing on introducing MiCA-like regulations and instead go after the criminals.
Good to hear! The EU is coming around?
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Oh no - I'm not doing this in the EU, but the non-EU UK/FR/ES/NL former and current territories in the Caribbean that for some twisted reason really want to copy the continental laws.
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Oh. I see. I am interested in the ABC islands. I have been to Aruba many times. There's a pancake place that has been accepting bitcoin for years. I know that isn't what you're talking about, though. I understand Curacao has had some real bitcoin adoption.
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Aruba is awesome (been to the pancake place, it's cool) but government funding aside (i've had multi-hour-long conversations with locals about the awful Dutch government and their loan terms, which they are right to say suck) it has a stable USD economy as long as there isn't another pandemic, so the effort-to-impact there is high. I tried pushing my landlord there to accept sats and they were like: USD is better. Bonaire I'm divided on, but perhaps because I've only been there to chill and the only people I know running businesses on that island are in hospitality.
Curacao is a much better target for supporting a community because it has a larger population, is economically more fragile and has less overseas control - though last time I was there (3 years ago) shitcoiners seemed to be ruling the show there. If that's changed now, that's awesome. I should spend some time there.
The real deal in terms of impact are Guyana and Jamaica (and Trinidad in some ways). Not just locally, but because that's where many in the Eastern Caribbean islands look for inspiration. I attended some local conferences in the EC and Northern islands this year and it was clear that these are where the influence (and most innovation) lies.
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My wife is in Aruba now. I'm holding down the fort at home.
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36 sats \ 1 reply \ @optimism 9 Aug
Jealous! I have EU time rn.