EP43: On the ground in El Salvador with @beefbackbetter

May 19 2022 • 51m

Show Notes

Don’t Trust. Verify. That’s the oft repeated mantra in Bitcoin circles. But how many of us practice what we preach?
We first met Owen at the inaugural @BitcoinBushBash in Murrurundi, and subsequently travelled to his farm in northern NSW to learn why a Bitcoin maximalist would move into regenerative organic beef production (EP22). So, when we heard that he had gone to El Salvador to judge for himself what is really happening there, we wanted to hear all about it.

In this conversation we discuss:

Taking the opportunity to leave the country after the lockdowns
What it’s like meeting bitcoiners every day in El Zonte (and for some people the first time they’ve met another bitcoiner ever)
Paying for (nearly) everything in Bitcoin
Hope House
Bond to Unbind - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jx-QWOHuug0&t=2s
Bukele being a bitcoiner for a long time
Zero tolerance for shitcoiners
The Chivo wallet has given some people a bad first impression of Bitcoin
Supermarkets having 1 aisle or 1 person who understands Bitcoin
Learning through doing
Is relocating to El Salvador a good option
Informal Bitcoin meetups every day
Surfer, bitcoiner (or both)
Some people blame Bitcoin for rising prices
Healthy scepticism of Bukele and Bitcoin
Gang arrests, state of emergency and covid lockdowns
Goods and services still priced in USD
Opportunities (particularly farming) in El Salvador and working with local growers
Foreign investment, residency and citizenship
Buying land with Bitcoin

Pod Shout-outs
https://twitter.com/bitcoinbushbash
https://twitter.com/HopeHousesv
https://twitter.com/Bitcoinbeach
https://twitter.com/GaloyMoney
https://twitter.com/LakeBitcoin
https://twitter.com/IBEX_Mercado
https://twitter.com/bluewalletio
https://twitter.com/MuunWallet
https://twitter.com/johnkvallis

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