I thought that San Marino's economy is very very strongly correlated with Italy's. Doesn't that mean that if San Marino starts to test Blockchain and cryptocurrencies that Italy does the same? If this is true, then it is a huge step towards mass adoption because Italy is a core member of the European Union with a huge influence in other countries.
From what I understand, San Marino is quite stable and tourism almost cornered half of it's GDP. Italy and San Marino have bilateral relationships so I wouldn't be surprised if there's some sort of go signal from Italy itself although San Marino is a independent state. As per the article:
All the characters have recapped that this Decree is just the beginning and the launch of a regulation on the Blockchain technology and its applications which will be progressively augmented to make the Republic a comprehensive global hub for this nascent innovative technology.
Interestingly, they wanted to compete and be a global hub as far as blockchain technology goes, so let's see what incentives they're going to prepare to attract project similar to what the government of Malta is doing today.