Content-type: text/html Downes.ca ~ Stephen's Web ~ Six months in, El Salvador’s bitcoin gamble is crumbling

Stephen Downes

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This story offers a fair warning to those eager to jump in too quickly on the crypto side of web3 and the metaverse. A half year after making BitCoin an official currency, El Salvador is finding that the infrastructure has to work and the value has to be (more or less) stable in order for it to play a key role in the economy. And it does not offer the independence from institutions some people hope. "At some point, as a participant in the economy, you have to cede some control and trust someone else, whether it is the developer of an app, a bank, or a government."

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Last Updated: May 05, 2024 12:53 a.m.

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