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El Salvador Dispatch: How Bitcoin Taught a Nation to Dream

The Central American nation is on a roll. This year’s Plan B conference was electric, featuring famous speakers from abroad as well as native Spanish content.

Sunset in San Salvador. Credit: Ricky Mejia, Unsplash

Coindesk News

El Salvador Dispatch: The Origins of the Bitcoin Experiment

El Zonte inspired Bukele to make bitcoin legal tender in El Salvador. CoinDesk visited the surfing village to see how it’s developing.

A small river divides El Zonte in half. You can easily cross the stream from the beach if you don’t mind getting your feet wet. Credit: Luis Rodriguez, Unsplash

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El Salvador Dispatch: Berlín, the Bitcoin Marvel Hidden in the Mountains

Berlín, a city of 20,000 people, is home to El Salvador’s second Bitcoin circular economy. “Bitcoin City already exists. It’s called Berlín,” said one resident.

Berlín’s Bitcoin Community Center, viewed from the street. (Credit: Tom Carreras)

Opinion

The Bitcoin Circular Economy Battles Entrenched Mindsets in El Salvador

In his third weekly dispatch from El Salvador, Jonathan Martin meets two Bitcoin entrepreneurs working to improve financial inclusion.

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Videos

How Bitcoin Beach’s Pioneering Circular Economy Aims to Make a Global Impact

Bitcoin Beach is a coastal community in El Salvador that has garnered over 3,000 bitcoin users, including more than 500 families and 120 businesses. The project's director Mike Peterson joins "All About Bitcoin" to discuss the significance of circular economies and the state of bitcoin adoption. Bitcoin Beach is one of CoinDesk’s Projects to Watch in 2023.

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Consensus Magazine

Bitcoin Beach’s Pioneering Circular Economy Is Making a Global Impact

This Salvadorean coastal community has garnered over 3,000 bitcoin users including more than 500 families and 120 businesses. Its adoption model is now being replicated around the world. That’s why Bitcoin Beach is one of CoinDesk’s Projects to Watch 2023.

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Videos

El Salvador Looks to Become the World’s First Sovereign Nation to Adopt Bitcoin as Legal Tender

Michael Peterson, the director of Salvadorian bitcoin initiative Bitcoin Beach, on the state of digital payments in El Salvador responding to President Nayib Bukele's announcement he is submitting a bill to make bitcoin a legal tender.

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Tech

Strike Launches Bitcoin Lightning Payment App in El Salvador; Full EU Support Is Next

Salvadorans can now use Strike to receive remittances from their families abroad without the added hassle of currency conversion. The EU is next.

(l-r) Michael Peterson of Bitcoin Beach, Jack Mallers of Strike and Miles Suter of CashApp in El Salvador

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