An Interview With Bitcoin Beach, the Community That Inspired El Salvador to Adopt the Bitcoin Standard

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">On today’s episode, NLW is joined by Mike Peterson, director of Bitcoin Beach. Bitcoin Beach is a community project in El Salvador that has spent the last two years helping individuals and companies integrate bitcoin into their daily lives and long-term habits. President Nayib Bukele cited Bitcoin Beach in inspiring El Salvador’s bitcoin legal tender law. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this interview, NLW and Mike discuss:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">How he came to reside in El Salvador</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">How the bitcoin community project started</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">What drove community adoption at the beginning</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">How remittances and COVID-19 solidified the value of BTC to the community </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">How bitcoin has changed how people think about investing </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">How international bitcoiners such as Miles Suter and Jack Mallers got to know the project </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Where the project stands today (complete with 22 different community initiatives) </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">How bitcoiners can get involved </span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Find our guest online:</span><span style= "font-weight: 400;"><br /></span><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Twitter:</span> <a href= "https://twitter.com/Bitcoinbeach"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">@Bitcoinbeach</span><span style= "font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Web:</span> <span st