Construction workers, who are paid in bitcoin, work on a building outside the "bitcoin beach" office in El Zonte, El Salvador, on June 14, 2021. When Roman Martinez was growing up in El Zonte, a small ...
EL ZONTE, El Salvador (AP) — After El Salvador’s congress made the bitcoin legal tender this week, eyes turned to this rural fishing village on the Pacific coast. Known to surfers for its pounding ...
This article is part of a four-piece series on El Salvador. You can find the previous dispatch, a story on Bitcoin City, here. The sun was setting as I rolled into El Zonte, a small surfing village on ...
On the coast of El Salvador, lies a small rustic beach town of 3,000 locals, known as El Zonte. A surfer’s paradise, the village is frequented by those seeking an authentic and rustic vibe. Like so ...
The mellow beach town of El Zonte, El Salvador, now hums with chic villas, Bitcoin cafés, and world-class surfing. I was walking along the black volcanic sands of El Zonte, a laid-back town on El ...
In September, the tiny Central American country became the first country to adopt bitcoin as legal tender, forcing local merchants to accept it as payment. “Bitcoin is going to change the world. It’s ...
Last fall, El Salvador made Bitcoin legal tender. Here’s what it looks like on the ground. Right after I hopped out the back of a pickup in El Zonte, El Salvador, I recognized I wasn’t in an ordinary ...
Right after I hopped out the back of a pickup in El Zonte, El Salvador, I recognized I wasn't in an ordinary beach town. El Zonte's welcome sign had two bitcoin logos, its cafes offered 75% bitcoin ...
Michael Peterson became the so-called Father of Bitcoin Beach, Bloomberg Businessweek reported. Thanks to an anonymous donation, Peterson helped El Zonte widely adopt the currency. Lawmakers in El ...
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — The president of El Salvador is making a huge bet on bitcoin with his country's treasury. President Nayib Bukele is hoping to launch bitcoin-backed bonds to raise $1 ...
EL ZONTE, El Salvador >> After El Salvador’s congress made the bitcoin legal tender this week, eyes turned to this rural fishing village on the Pacific coast. Known to surfers for its pounding waves, ...
EL ZONTE, El Salvador — After El Salvador’s congress made the bitcoin legal tender this week, eyes turned to this rural fishing village on the Pacific coast. Known to surfers for its pounding waves, ...
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