I went to El Salvador to see if the country really gave up on Bitcoin

I went to El Salvador to see if the country really gave up on Bitcoin

In late August, I had the pleasure of visiting El Salvador for the first time. I didn’t know what to expect. The bar had been set high by both conservative and liberal media, who either praised or decried President Nayib Bukele’s vigorous war on crime. Within a few hours of arrival, I saw the media reports were true. El Salvador, once a violent, gang-ridden nightmare, was now a place of peace.Much has been written about Bukele’s crackdown — unde…