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Adopting Bitcoin: Days 7 – 8 in El Salvador

Adopting Bitcoin

An incredible experiment is unfolding before our eyes in El Salvador. Adopting Bitcoin was focused on how we make this experiment a success.

Published November 17, 2021
Categorized as Travel Log Tagged bitcoin, el salvador, lightning, merchants, ux

Chivo ATM: Day 6 in El Salvador

Chivo ATM in a row with other bank ATMs

The day before Adopting Bitcoin, I did some more Lightning payments to various merchants around town and had some misadventures with a Chivo Bitcoin ATM.

Published November 15, 2021
Categorized as Travel Log Tagged atm, bitcoin, el salvador, lightning, merchants, ux

Volcano: Day 5 in El Salvador

Photo of volcano crater

The day where I find a new version of Chivo that accepts Lightning payments with minimal issue and hike a volcano.

Published November 14, 2021
Categorized as Travel Log Tagged bitcoin, el salvador, lightning, merchants

IBEX, Chivo, and MUNA: Day 3 in El Salvador

Photo of a painting outside the MUNA in San Salvador

I started the day off with a breakfast of huevos revueltos, with tortillas and frijoles refritos, then ventured out into the city. I decided to head over to Starbucks to get some work done on my laptop and checkout the Bitcoin UX there.

Published November 12, 2021
Categorized as Travel Log Tagged el salvador, lightning, merchants, ux

Designated Bitcoiners: Day 2 in El Salvador

Photo of buildings, trees, and hills in San Salvador, El Salvador

One trend I am beginning to notice is that some businesses who accept Bitcoin treat it as a special edge case. I call this the “designated bitcoiner” approach.

Published November 11, 2021
Categorized as Travel Log Tagged bitcoin, el salvador, lightning, merchants

First day in El Salvador

Hills in El Salvador

A recap of my first day in El Salvador: my first payment with Bitcoin as legal tender, Mi Primer Bitcoin, and learning about the country.

Published November 10, 2021
Categorized as Travel Log Tagged bitcoin, el salvador, lightning

En route to El Salvador

Looking out at the clouds from an airplane window

I’m typing this out while flying over the Gulf of Mexico, about halfway between Orlando and Cancun. I’ll be landing in San Salvador in a little less than 2 hours. I’ll be in the country for about 2 weeks. I’m using the Adopting Bitcoin conference as my excuse for visiting, but I have been itching… Continue reading En route to El Salvador

Published November 10, 2021
Categorized as Travel Log Tagged bitcoin, el salvador, lightning
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