Despite government incentives to use Bitcoin, people distrust it because they know how volatile it is and 70% of the population thinks it's a scam.
Turns out even the Salvadoran poor are more financially savvy than tech bros.
this post was submitted on 11 Sep 2023
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One cannot force people to be free. Bukele did a huge disservice to bitcoin by making its acceptance mandatory.
Organic adoption is the only way.
The most depressing is the fact that he will be unjustly celebrated by the same media outlets that criticize him, in <2years when the bitcoin price peaks again.