320 sats \ 4 replies \ @anon 27 May \ on: El Salvador Trip report - 2/8 culture
I'm thoroughly enjoy these posts.
However, reading this second post, it feels very clear that El Salvador isn't as advanced on the adoption front as I thought it was.
Going forward, why not eschew all the usual suspects and just go really local? Why not reach out to some El Salvador bitcoiners and let them guide you to find locals who are using bitcoin?
I live in an area (in a different country) where NO big stores accept bitcoin, yet I buy about 90% of my food with bitcoin. I buy directly from very small businesses that do accept bitcoin. The businesses I buy from are not even yet listed anywhere as accepting bitcoin.
If I were to leave my country (A) and go live in another country (B), I'd reach out to local bitcoiners in country A with connections to country (B) and also reach out to local bitcoiners in country B.
This seems like a good approach. Advice on finding bitcoiners in countries A and B? The obvious thing to do would be post in SN a bunch ("anyone live in Peru or Mexico?"), and then try to expand them breadth-first that way; but perhaps there's a more targeted method than that?
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Hmmm... let me see... off the top of my head :
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if you're orangepilling your friends and acquaintances all the time, you automatically get the benefit of their networks too;
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I would look at all the people I've ever known and find one that's from that country or who speaks the main language of that country, and ask that person;
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I'd contact people who are working on bitcoin-related github projects (and look them up online) to find some that may be from that country or speak its language;
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I'd direct email small businesses or small companies in that country or a close-by country (or a country where the main language is the same) and try to get in touch with someone working there;
(potentially : 5. join the telegram group for any of those businesses,);
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find nostr and SN posts from those people and connect with them;
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perhaps use the orangepillapp;
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perhaps try in person cash to btc (small) transactions to try to expand my network;
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look up people who've ever travelled there (patreon, youtube, etc) and ask them directly if they know some local bitcoiners or even just some local normies I could get in touch with to ask them; and
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look up NGOs working in those countries or with those countries and asking for the same thing as 9.
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I'd go to local ethnic restaurants who accept bitcoin. Chances are they still have friends, family and acquaintances back home.
Those are what's coming to mind right now.