How realistic is it there to use only bitcoin to pay for all services in El Salvador? I'm not sure how well I'll be able to implement this plan, maybe I'll do a series of articles about my experience.
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How realistic is it there to use only bitcoin to pay for all services in El Salvador? I'm not sure how well I'll be able to implement this plan, maybe I'll do a series of articles about my experience.
It was hit and miss when I was down there unless you stay near the bitcoin enclaves. But that will change slowly. My biggest problem was the LN network and their wallet software had some reliability issues. They'll need to fix the roads, hospitals, and water situation. Weather was epic. El Zonte was awesome bitcoin be damned. I kinda ended up down there by mistake.
https://m.stacker.news/15410
Agree, except that the LN network works very well. It's Chivo that is buggy and causes people to mistakenly think bitcoin is broken. Blink, on the other hand, as well as most good LN-capable wallets, works pretty much perfectly.
Quite a few stackers have written up their experiences there: #418100/related
@ekzyis bug. This link was
https://stacker.news/items/418100/relatedMaybe it should render as #418100/related
Oh, I assumed there can nothing come after
/items/[0-9]+while writing the code.Makes sense!
Basically everything in
pages/items/[id]is a potential route plus any query params likecommentIdwhich is worth keeping the special case for. There might be a way to do this generically.Oh, of course, I could have looked in our pages folder. But I guess no one tests their assumptions when they are already convinced they are right.
We all just need to remove that part of our brain that's convinced we're right and none of this would ever happen.
where is that part though
I don't want to doxx the person that I'm pretty sure would make an excellent guess.
Yeah, I've been reading a lot and decided to give it a try too)
Good for it and with Nayib Bukele's re-election, I see the Bitcoin Community growing to full hyperbitcoinalisation
Argentina and Madeira look interesting as well.
A vacation/pilgrimage might be on the menu
Not in that order,
Definitely would put Madeira first
Moved there a year and a half ago, spending time between the beach (mostly El Zonte), the mountains and the city (San Salvador).
Bitcoin is often seen as marginal or a flop, and something mostly used by foreigners, by many. And yet, depending on where you are in the country and/or if you put in some effort, it's possible to use bitcoin for almost everything. Including buying land, building a house, renting and buying surfboards, renting or buying cars, motorcycles and related accessories/gear, food/restaurants/drinks, etc. Even for paying rent if you find the right owner.
The bear market of 2022 hurt adoption. With the price action since Nov 2022 to now in early 2024, things are slowly improving again. Price and profit is how most people first become interested. It's becoming -- occasionally, but more frequently -- easy to onboard businesses. Often new places I want to shop at, that haven't yet accepted bitcoin, begin to do so with my help: they install Blink on their phone and are quickly good to go. A few weeks later, some then ask how to start with cold storage. It does take some time, but can be worth it. Even in places where no one seems to use bitcoin, scenic restaurants in the mountains for instance, I've onboarded some places (and made friends there). It's possible.
Thank you for this story! Very interesting. That's pretty much how I envisioned the situation.
Listen to Mike here https://stephanlivera.com/episode/547/
A lot of information about the current situation in El Salvador and what you can expect.
The only thing I can say is come to Lugano in Switzerland. You could totally use ln on a daily basis. Bad thing is that they probably convert Btc to chf after the purchase
I really want to go there, but not that opportunity yet. Maybe one day I will.
I've subscribed to your posts. Good luck!
I will meet you there... On my World Tour
It is an other world...a new world...and I'm sure it is a better world!
Good edition of Stephan Livera yesterday with a guy who did this.
Listen and be optimistic!
Can’t wait to hear about it! Good luck driving our adoption forward!
Thanks!
Do you plan to live these as tourist or you'd like to become citizen?
I'm thinking initially as a tourist, to live for a while, but with the goal of staying for an extended period of time if possible
If you'll make something great for country you can stay there forever
Yeah, maybe.
It is a good decision. Double your joy with Nayib's victory...
Yes yes good 👍
https://m.stacker.news/15618
Thank you all for your comments and words of encouragement. This is the bitcoin community) Glad to be a part of it
Why did you decide to move there if I may ask?
Because I'm not happy with what's happening in my country
there are a lot of videos and series on the subject. The more, the better, tho.