How El Salvador Made Bitcoin Grow Faster Than the Internet | Jack Mallers

How El Salvador Made Bitcoin Grow Faster Than the Internet | Jack Mallers

Jack Mallers and Mike Peterson share two unforgettable stories from Bitcoin’s early days in El Salvador. Strike once tested a small ten-cent reward for new users, and the strong response showed how even tiny incentives could spark Bitcoin adoption in El Salvador. They also tell how local kids used Strike and Bitrefill to buy Free Fire game credits online for the first time. Since they didn’t have credit cards, Bitcoin let them make legit online purchases, surprising a shop owner who th...

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Beauty and Bitcoin, Miss Universe El Salvador - Alejandra Guajardo

Beauty and Bitcoin, Miss Universe El Salvador - Alejandra Guajardo

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Sandy - Running Sandy Wave Tour Company Strictly on a Bitcoin Standard. No Cash Accepted.

Sandy - Running Sandy Wave Tour Company Strictly on a Bitcoin Standard. No Cash Accepted.

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Mike Peterson talks to Karin Sierralta about the early days of surfing and the first contest at Punta Roca. The first ALAS Surf Tour in El Salvador was organized by Karin Sierralta in 2004 well before...

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It's a bitcoin ATM that takes coins and exchanges them for bitcoin. Edgar Borja shows Mike Peterson his new bitcoin bank machine. Transactions only take seconds using the lighting network. It's a Salv...

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Camilo Menéndez - Celebrated Host of Bitcoin Meet-ups at El Zonte's Sustainable Hotel Palo Verde

"It started like a dream ... and now it's a dream come true". How did Palo Verde come to be the favorite beach front boutique hotel location for countless Bitcoin meet-ups? Camilo Menéndez understood ...

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Sean Kappauf clearly defines the problem. There is a Global Water Crisis for Kids 5 and Under. Water related illness is one of the leading causes of child mortality. Approximately 700 million a year h...

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Matt McPherson - From Hawaii to El Salvador, Bringing IT Consulting with Uila to Bitcoin Country

Matt McPherson is making the move to El Salvador from Hawaii to El Salvador. Despite what he has heard from his friends, "All my friends warned me about El Salvador ...but, they'd never been to El Sal...

13 Jun 20231h 2min

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