John Dennehy on Nostr: Three years ago, on Sept 7, 2021, I woke up in San Salvador. Bitcoin would become ...
Three years ago, on Sept 7, 2021, I woke up in San Salvador. Bitcoin would become legal tender in El Salvador that day, becoming the first nation in the world to do so
I was a journalist so I woke up before dawn, traveled around the city taking photos, getting quotes and filed my first story by 9:00am from a protest downtown--for Al Jazeera and soon after for BBC
The law had some opposition, this was months before the gang crackdown, and heavily armed military guarded the brand new Bitcoin ATMs
It would be the last time I would ever work as a journalist. I would soon be too invested in the success of Bitcoin (education) in El Salvador that I decided that I could no longer be impartial and therefore should no longer be a journalist
That evening I celebrated in Bitcoin Beach
I remember September 7, 2021 like it was yesterday. It's incredible to think of how much has changed since then
There is a long way to go, but the progress already made is inspiring
Happy birthday #BitcoinCountry! 🎉🎉🎉
I was a journalist so I woke up before dawn, traveled around the city taking photos, getting quotes and filed my first story by 9:00am from a protest downtown--for Al Jazeera and soon after for BBC
The law had some opposition, this was months before the gang crackdown, and heavily armed military guarded the brand new Bitcoin ATMs
It would be the last time I would ever work as a journalist. I would soon be too invested in the success of Bitcoin (education) in El Salvador that I decided that I could no longer be impartial and therefore should no longer be a journalist
That evening I celebrated in Bitcoin Beach
I remember September 7, 2021 like it was yesterday. It's incredible to think of how much has changed since then
There is a long way to go, but the progress already made is inspiring
Happy birthday #BitcoinCountry! 🎉🎉🎉