R.L.Steinbeck on Nostr: 8 days left? I thought I’d share a little more about my crypto experience. I ...
8 days left? I thought I’d share a little more about my crypto experience. I mentioned in a previous post being saddened that the utility of btc seems to be sidelined by the prospect of people and company’s making money. It makes it hard to convince lay people when they say “what is it even for?”. In 2017 I was inspired because I was on the boarder of Venezuela and Colombia and I saw so much BTC support. Cafes, trucks plastered with it, and other services all promoting bitcoin. It was a tool used to save Venezuelans from an untrustworthy government that was devaluing its own currency. The best move was to use btc and then change it to whatever currency they needed when they finished their journey. Looking back I should have written an article about it or something and I wonder if this is still the case down there. Anyone from Colombia or Venezuela know if this is still semi common?
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