Don’t Trust. Verify. That’s the oft repeated mantra in Bitcoin circles. But how many of us practice what we preach?
We first met Owen at the inaugural @BitcoinBushBash in Murrurundi, and subsequently travelled to his farm in northern NSW to learn why a Bitcoin maximalist would move into regenerative organic beef production (EP22). So, when we heard that he had gone to El Salvador to judge for himself what is really happening there, we wanted to hear all about it.
In this conversation we discuss:
- Taking the opportunity to leave the country after the lockdowns
- What it’s like meeting bitcoiners every day in El Zonte (and for some people the first time they’ve met another bitcoiner ever)
- Paying for (nearly) everything in Bitcoin
- Hope House
- Bond to Unbind - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jx-QWOHuug0&t=2s
- Bukele being a bitcoiner for a long time
- Zero tolerance for shitcoiners
- The Chivo wallet has given some people a bad first impression of Bitcoin
- Supermarkets having 1 aisle or 1 person who understands Bitcoin
- Learning through doing
- Is relocating to El Salvador a good option
- Informal Bitcoin meetups every day
- Surfer, bitcoiner (or both)
- Some people blame Bitcoin for rising prices
- Healthy scepticism of Bukele and Bitcoin
- Gang arrests, state of emergency and covid lockdowns
- Goods and services still priced in USD
- Opportunities (particularly farming) in El Salvador and working with local growers
- Foreign investment, residency and citizenship
- Buying land with Bitcoin
Pod Shout-outs
https://twitter.com/bitcoinbushbash
https://twitter.com/HopeHousesv
https://twitter.com/Bitcoinbeach
https://twitter.com/GaloyMoney
https://twitter.com/LakeBitcoin
https://twitter.com/IBEX_Mercado
https://twitter.com/bluewalletio
https://twitter.com/MuunWallet
https://twitter.com/johnkvallis
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