RT @gladstein
1/ My latest essay "The Village and the Strongman: the Unlikely Story of Bitcoin and El Salvador" is now live.
How did the smallest country in Central America—most known for its civil war and gang violence—become ground zero for a monetary revolution? 🧵
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/the-polarity-of-bitcoin-in-el-salvador
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”What can human rights activists do? Beyond traditional tactics of supporting the independent media and keeping a spotlight on government behavior, a worthy effort would be to encourage Salvadorans to use non-custodial Bitcoin wallets, and to avoid the government wallet. After all, any funds in Chivo are not real bitcoin, just confiscatable promises to pay."
