SLP305 El Salvador Bitcoin Law On The Ground with Aaron van Wirdum

El Salvador’s Bitcoin Law went live on 7th September, what was it really like? What did the protesters have to say about it? Aaron van Wirdum, Bitcoin Journalist at Bitcoin Magazine joins me to give us an ‘on the ground’ take on things. We chat:

• Protesters and are they really protesting about Bitcoin or Bukele?
• Chivo Wallet - teething issues
• The truth about bitcoin remittances
• Positives on the experience so far
• Bitcoin Meetup
• Bitcoin Core v22
• Bitcoin 2022

Links:

• Twitter: @AaronvanW
• Aaron’s McDonald’s Bitcoin tweet
• Bitcoin Core article: Bitcoin Core 22.0 Released: What's New
• Alex Gladstein’s El Salvador article: The Village And The Strongman: The Unlikely Story Of Bitcoin And El Salvador

Stephan Livera links:

• Show notes and website
• Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera
• Subscribe to the podcast
• Patreon @stephanlivera