'I attempted to spend two weeks travelling in El Salvador living on Bitcoin. I tried to pay for every single thing with Bitcoin, or Satoshis, small amounts of Bitcoin. Spoiler alert, I failed.'
and was eager to pay in BTC. I devoured shrimp tacos with a seaview at Olas Permanentes, a beach hotel, and went to pay. Lightning invoice, scan, pay, done. So easy.
Few Salvadoreans realised that these two English words refer to entirely different processes. After a while, and typically while in smaller stores, bars and restaurants, I manually selected on people’s phones the “Lightning” option when paying–as they simply didn’t know what to do when I specified. I tried to explain the difference between Bitcoin and Lightning when my energy levels and patience would allow. Which leads me onto the next point.
By comparison, I was lovin’ the LN experience in McDonald’s. I paid at a McDonald’s touch screen menu for a couple of coffees, and were I to race someone using a credit card or cash, I would have won. Comfortably. At the Uno gas station, perhaps the country’s third most popular fill up spot, there are signs saying “Chivo accepted here.” However, in reality, Chivo accepted here means that at some point, the option to pay in bitcoin was included on a point of sale screen somewhere. The attendants might have an idea about Bitcoin; they might even hold some BTC, but they also might not. In my case, they struggled.
Fortunately, a group called My First Bitcoin or Mi Primer Bitcoin, has realised the enormous potential of Bitcoin education in El Salvador and hasI attended the graduation ceremony for the third group of kids aged 13-15 in El Pacheco, in the outskirts of San Salvador and was impressed with their use of Bitcoin.
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