There is more than meets the eye in terms of what is going on in El Salvador. This is why we spoke with Dorothy. She is a Spanish speaking Canadian who has been in El Salvador for about 2 months. She's been transacting in bitcoin, conversing with the locals, and helping them to understand why and how to use bitcoin. She joins us to share her boots on the ground experience on what bitcoin adoption is like in El Salvador.
Timestamps:
(00:00) - Introduction
(01:51) - Introducing Dorothy, and the onset of Bitcoin adoption in El Salvador
(09:38) - Transparency in volatility of a currency
(15:53) - Issues with Chivo, and the government's lack of advertising/marketing
(25:09) - How the Salvadorans have responded to Bitcoin, and financial literacy
(40:38) - Issues with financial literacy as a whole
(50:40) - Bitcoin adoption and modernization, without losing heritage and culture
(1:04:56) - A few thoughts on Canada trending towards authoritarianism
(1:12:58) - Closing Thoughts
Edited and Mixed by Kaushik Sethunath.
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