In September 2021, El Salvador became the first country in the world to make Bitcoin legal tender, and all economic agents were required to accept Bitcoin for all payments. A new study was recently published by the National Bureau of Economic Research with illuminating data about the roll out.
We discuss the reported survey data and how it's going with our friend Andru Mejia, who recently visited El Salvador to research Bitcoin adoption and get the pulse of the feelings on the ground.
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National Bureau of Economic Research Survey on Bitcoin in El Salvador