Last week, El Salvador’s legislature voted to become the first country in the world to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender. While the U.S. dollar will still be El Salvador’s official currency, all ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “This Hidden Central American Surf Town Is Known as ‘Bitcoin Beach’—Here’s How to Visit,” reads a fresh Travel + Leisure headline, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...