It is quite unfair to compare United States to these poor countries, but statistically speaking, it is true that the US holds majority of the adoption this year, I guess that is how knowledgeable everyone is about Bitcoin and cryptocurrency, but with the continuous trend of Bitcoin, more and more countries and their citizens are likely to invest in Bitcoin as well, BUT, you can't really compare a powerhouse country like US to other countries, esp. to those countries who aren't even on par with US.

It is also because it has been proven by a lot of investors these past years that it is more effective to invest in cryptocurrency, not because it is the hype right now, I remember a lot of people were claiming that Bitcoin was all hype and will die soon, how closed their minds were that they didn't even realize how essential Bitcoin will be, and looking at Bitcoin and ETH right now, the 2 powerhouse cryptocurrencies are continuously growing, more investors are interested in investing in crypto, and there will be more investors as Bitcoin continues to grow.

Maybe because Satoshi's real face is distorted? So that's why when we look at it, it reflects our face on a distorted way? 🤣 lmao, jokes aside though, I think the idea of these artists are actually cool, defining that we're all Satoshi and that the hoodie gives meaning as anonymity, that no matter how hard we try to find Satoshi, we'll just end up finding the wrong person (like Craig Wright 😂), this statue is a huge influence on the Bitcoin community, great work and huge props to the artists as well.

For real? I don't think it goes the same in my community, my friends and I are completely vocal when it comes to crypto trading, we actually help each other and to the point where we wanted to share it to a larger audience (like uploading a tutorial in YouTube), I also don't see a reason why it should be kept as a secret but for personal reasons I guess, also, it depends on the country I guess, but crypto trading is much cooler than forex trading, in my opinion.

Honestly, Paraguay is a country that is more suitable to actually make Bitcoin as a legal tender, economy-wise, I think Paraguay won't have any kind of struggle if they were to adopt Bitcoin, but legalizing it at this point is much more practical than making it as a legal tender.

A long bearish period could actually appear, in my opinion, what he did is such a bad move considering El Salvador's current state and how neutral their citizens are about BTC, now I don't know if this is a demand coming from their citizens or the government alone, but buying more bitcoins at this point is what I think redundant, but since I have no data to back my statement up, feel free to correct me on this one.

No one expected Bitcoin to peak like that last year, It's not a good idea to invest all your money at once to Bitcoin, the problem is, the price hasn't made a full dump, no one can actually give you a clear assurance if the price is going down or going up, if you do want to play it safe and gain profit, start by investing a little with all your assets, keep track of the market at all times and make decisions, the risks/problems are still present even if you want to play it safe of course.

I don't know if what you're saying is true since you didn't cite any source, I doubt that banks are the only reason why this could possibly happen, although, it may be true, but to destroy government property? I think at this point it's those citizens who just really hate Bitcoin and how the world is transforming digitally, those who are close-minded and probably those who hate the changes made by the government.

But I guess a single ATM machine won't hurt anything, and that man is definitely paid to do that, even a hater won't do that unless he/she is paid to do so.

Big difference here is Laos is just legalizing Bitcoin, allowing its citizen to freely use Bitcoin, mine, trade, but not totally rely on Bitcoin just like what El Salvador did, making it as their legal tender, which is not the case for Laos.

Also, 7 million citizens in Laos, that's not a small number at all but my concern here is how big Bitcoin is in Laos, if it ain't that big there, then the impact is probably not that great, although it's actually for their citizens to actually move without the fear of being arrested, since they can do activities without fear nor hatred.

I love the idea of the sculptors to make it as bronze and reflect on whoever looks at it, technically, we can all claim ourselves as "Satoshi", quite true, technically, we all hold an amout of BTC, but I'm pretty sure that it doesn't only stick to one definition, also, I wonder how big this statue is?

If Paypal has implemented the method of buying Bitcoin from the platform itself, I'm quite sure that the amount of demand given to them from their users is quite a lot, therefore, I really do think that they'll be acquiring crypto soon, also, with Bitcoin on their platform, such as other wallets, I'm pretty sure that they'll include other cryptocurrencies as well.

To those countries who are trying to follow El Salvador and them making Bitcoin as a legal tender, I'm pretty sure that these countries would make such better decisions because of the errors of El Salvador, with such an early stage, I was also expecting that there would be issues such as the lack of knowledge around Bitcoin, it can't be easy for someone new to crypto to just simply get the hang of it right away. On the other hand, I think Bitcoin as a legal tender is no problem really, it's just that we can't expect that the citizens would switch right away, good keypoints OP, but for me, in this early stage, we can just wait and observe more on how the government of El Salvador manage this.

May look great, but economy-wise, it really isn't, I don't think it actually advanced, I honestly think that Bitcoin could hit its ATH anytime this year, pandemic or not, people will stoon start investing and even companies would start to embrace Bitcoin, it is what it is and it is bound to happen in the future, we just really peaked because of the amount of people who actually lost their jobs because of the pandemic, can't say I'm entirely happy because it did ruin a lot of lives, happy for BTC to reach its ATH but never happy on what's happening with the world today.

The Delta variant is not to be joked with, you can see how fast it infects someone, well, based on my experience, I just recently caught COVID 2 weeks ago, the transmission was quite fast and because of it, my whole family had to be quarantined, really one of the hardest times for me. The vaccines released were used to be heavily doubted (well at least in my country), not only because of its side effects but because people used to think of COVID is the same as a normal flu or cold, but this Delta Variant stormed in and targeted more people around their families. I have no vaccine injected in me yet since I just recently tested POSITIVE for COVID, one of my biggest regrets is not taking it early as I can to at least prevent this from happening.

Vaccines are essential and needed, it may have temporary side effects but I swear, it's better than getting infected and having the potential to actually face death and I'm even considered to be healthy since I'm not obese nor malnourish, just a non-vaccinated guy, and what more if the virus continues to mutate? it's actually scary but for someone without a vaccine, it is definitely much more lethal, our economy will only continue to plummet if the government themselves are taking this opportunity to actually make profit from all of the medical equipment that the citizens need and by raising the price to a ridiculous amount, not entirely putting the blame on the government but they have been ruining everything since this pandemic began, and yes, I am talking about Philippines.

The creation of Bitcoin opened up doors for more opportunities, and I got to say OP, you have quite a handful of remarkable topics around the forum, you're doing a great job, anyways, Bitcoin is indeed an Internet of Value because it has given us options to earn, trade, sell currency digitally, and since Bitcoin and Internet is interconnected with each other, it will evolve just as how Technology evolves.

I do hope that the citizens would be educated about Bitcoin right away, so that they won't panic when the price dumps, making Bitcoin as a legal tender is actually a lot of work, knowing that the citizens are not that familiar with it, well, at least some of them, but still, they have to be informed right away on how the price actually works, I'm pretty they've started implementing education about Bitcoin, Blockchain and how volatile this currency is compared to fiat.

From a logo I designed for a tech store, one of the earliest logos I made, they told me to buy a hardware wallet or just register for a digital wallet, I was aware of Bitcoin that time, the only thing is I don't know how mining and trading works that time, but I did made a logo for this small hardware tech company, after a few revamps, they were finally satisfied and when satisfaction is gained, the reward is given  , I received $30 for that design in Bitcoin, stupid of me to withdraw it without holding, I was literally a newbie in Bitcoin that time, so I wasn't totally aware of the word hodling that time.

If I only knew Bitcoin 10 years ago, I would have probably invested, only if I had a mindset of an adult that time of course, but since we were so young that time, well at least for me   , I think it's impossible that we'd focus on Bitcoin instead of our academics and enjoying our childhood, but if I was only this aware on how big Bitcoin will be in the future, I seriously would have bought and tried to buy when BTC used to be very cheap, it sucks to have regrets but at least we're making progress now, it's never too late to start investing.

It is true, we are slowly transitioning from fiat to digital, no more paper money, most of us right now are switching to digital money, although it may seem like the world is turning digitally, fiat will still be around, seems unlikely for fiat to disappear in just 10 years, as long as people are still heavily using it and is still a legal tender, fiat won't disappear in such a short period of time.

it's a good thing El Salvador is taking it slowly, not everyone can quickly adapt to Bitcoin and just understand it so quickly, also, I guess they made an option/choice to the sellers to receive fiat or BTC as payment since we all know how volatile Bitcoin is, probably those who are knowledgeable would likely to receive the payments as fiat just so they can play it safe and not worry about the price dipping.