June 9, 2021 a historical moment for Bitcoin. The first country of the world, El Salvador, made Bitcoin officially legal tender. Michael Peterson initiated Bitcoin Beach in El Zonte and started this whole development. I spoke with him two weeks before, he said, he is expecting a country to adopt Bitcoin, but we didn't know, that it will happen so soon. Listen to the story of Bitcoin Beach and the people of El Salvador.

Our topics:

Michael Peterson's Bitcoin story
What is Bitcoin Beach?
Description of El Salvador
Living conditions, financial problems
How Bitcoin makes a difference
Which wallets and services people are using
Use cases and hurdles?
How people navigate volatility
What Bitcoin enables
Is there a circular bitcoin economy?
Goal of Bitcoin Beach 2021 and beyond?

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Anita Posch is author of the book (L)earn Bitcoin (July 2021), host of the Anita Posch show and Bitcoin advocate and solopreneur. She is a member of the board at Bitcoin Austria - an educational non-profit organization.

Anita translated two volumes of "The Internet of Money" by Andreas M. Antonopoulos to German. Her research and activities around Bitcoin are discussed in media all over the world: Bitcoin Magazine, CoinDesk, Bayern2, Deutschlandfunk, Radio FM4, and ARD television amongst others.
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