EP46: Bond to Unbind – Bitcoin and El Salvador with @Iam_Satoshi
We all talk about Bitcoin in El Salvador, but what do we really know?
Brendo and I speak to “Bond to Unbind” Director and Producer Tomer Kantor, who wanted to know the answer to that question, so he bought a plane ticket, picked up his camera and went to find out for himself.
We found the documentary to be an honest portrayal of how Tomer found it. No hype, no hopium, just a real representation of the opinions of Salvadorans less than a year after President Bukele announced the Central American country would be the first in the world to recognise Bitcoin as legal tender.
The conversation led us to discuss:
- The film-making process, and how a project like this comes together
- The benefit of not having a pre-determined story to tell...no confirmation bias
- The skill of listening and allowing people to speak
- The interesting content that surprises you whilst editing
- The willingness of Salvadorans to appear on film, and how welcoming local people were
- What Salvadorans really think of Bitcoin (good and bad)
- The political backdrop in El Salvador and lack of opposition to the President
- Willingness of businesses to accept Bitcoin as payment
- Bitcoin being blamed by some for inflation
- The need for education (everywhere, not just in El Salvador) and how that should be done
- The Bitcoin national diploma
- International businesses opening offices in El Salvador
- How taxi drivers spent their $30 of Bitcoin from the government
- The documentary being seen as honest by local people and the analytics showing that it’s being watched by Salvadorans
- Will people relocate to El Salvador because of Bitcoin?
We highly recommend you watch the documentary yourself, follow @Iam_Satoshi and look out for his future work.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jx-QWOHuug0
Other Documentaries by Tomer Kantor (twitter.com/Iam_Satoshi)
https://www.youtube.com/c/SatoshiPollenIamSatoshiDocumentary
Pod Shout-outs
https://twitter.com/beefbackbetter
https://twitter.com/LakeBitcoin
https://twitter.com/IBEX_Mercado
https://twitter.com/Bitcoinbeach
https://twitter.com/MyfirstBitcoin_
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