Tales from the Crypto | Part II: Bitcoin Beach

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🗓️ 23 September 2022

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

One year ago, El Salvador made Bitcoin legal tender — the first nation in the world to do so. But how did Bitcoin make its way into this Latin American country? It all started in the coastal town of El Zonte, which earned the nickname 'Bitcoin Beach' after being flushed with the cryptocurrency thanks to a mysterious donor. In the second part of our mini-series, Tales from the Crypto, we take a dive into the key players (and controversies) of El Salvador's Bitcoin journey.

****** Credits: This episode was written and produced by Megan Cattel. Mixing and sound design by Matt Reed. Ben Brock Johnson and Amory Sivertson are the co-hosts.

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0:20.4	WBWR podcasts.
0:22.4	Well I hear rooster.
0:32.4	What?
0:34.4	A rooster.
0:36.4	Hey Ben.
0:38.4	Hey Emory, who did we hear just now other than the rooster?
0:42.6	Hmm, that would be endless to had producer Megan Kato.
0:46.0	Who's not a rooster, right?
0:48.0	Nope.
0:49.0	No.
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0:51.0	Nope.
0:52.0	Where are you a rooster?
0:53.0	No.
0:54.0	But I did get some solid rooster sounds thanks to a video call tour I recently took of this
0:59.7	little town in El Salvador called El Zonte.
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