while all eyes are on a third world country where adoption is going down
one of the richest and most advanced country, switzerland is adopting bitcoin at an accelerated pace:
everyone can buy bitcoin at one of the bitcoin atms all across the country.
everyone can open an account at the fully licensed bank swissquote and buy bitcoin. it can be downloaded into your private wallet.
many other companies in switzerland allow to buy bitcoin and download it to your own wallet. anyone can use any of the international services too.
also spending bitcoin is easy in switzerland: worldline put thousands of terminals into shops where you can pay in bitcoin like with a debit or credit card since 2019:
https://www.six-payment-services.com/en/shared/news/2021/crypto.html
many vendors offer the choice of paying directly with any app.
the leader in bitcoin adoption is the city of lugano: the idea was to attract bitcoin related jobs. 100 million swiss francs were put aside in order to provide financial incentives for bitcoin entrepreneurs.
the goal for this year is to have 2500 businesses accepting bitcoin. in the inner city it is already more than 90%. mcdonald's in lugano is accepting bitcoin.
krypto valley in canton zug was founded in 2016 by a non-profit organization. meanwhile the successful initiative comprises more than 1000 companies employing 6000 people. it has become a very strong factor for the local economy.
chiasso and other cities inside and outside of switzerland followed the successful initiatives.
what does this show? bitcoin needs educated people who value freedom and self-determination in order to be successful.
bitcoin is smart and honest. it needs smart people and honest people