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What was the impetus behind El Salvador's adoption of bitcoin? The bill seems to have been introduced by President Nayib Bukele, whose background is law. This
by stncls 4y ago
What was the impetus behind El Salvador's adoption of bitcoin? The bill seems to have been introduced by President Nayib Bukele, whose background is law.
This recent story [1] about bitcoin being pushed by fishy operatives in Catalonia is what got me curious.
[1] https://www.occrp.org/en/investigations/fueling-secession-promising-bitcoins-how-a-russian-operator-urged-catalonian-leaders-to-break-with-madrid https://www.occrp.org/en/investigations/fueling-secession-pr... / https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31317907 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31317907
- qgin 4y agoBukele has often outlined his economic thesis around Bitcoin on Twitter: > El Salvador just bought the dip! 150 coins at an average USD price of ~$48,670 #Bitcoin https://twitter.com/nayibbukele/status/1467000621354135555 https://twitter.com/nayibbukele/status/1467000621354135555 > Missed the f**ing bottom by 7 minutes https://twitter.com/nayibbukele/status/1467003967133687809 https://twitter.com/nayibbukele/status/1467003967133687809