@barber_btc To some extent this is inevitable, as any sudden foreign influx is liable to produce some disruptive effects. A modcium of self awareness, and of the humility required to understand, respect, and assimilate into the culture, would have gone a long way toward mitigating that.

@RedsBTCZombie @nayibbukele Say a new type of smartphone is released. A cult forms around it, arrogantly judging anyone who doesn't buy the new smartphone, or uses a different kind of phone. That cult is always in your face, smugly flaunting their superiority at you. Are you adopting the new phone?

@JohnXOsterman There has been a marked resistance to reality since the beginning. Many Bitcoiners proclaim "Bitcoin is inevitable", and "you get Bitcoin at the price you deserve", not realizing that it's this sort of arrogance which causes people to refuse its adoption.

@BakedTaterNah The sentiment toward Bitcoin is low in part because the conduct of the Bitcoin community has alienated the local population. Bitcoin has been one of Bukele's most unpopular policies, if not the most unpopular, such that the terms of the IMF deal were not a tough sell.

@BakedTaterNah We've lived here for three years. This one example in a long, long list.

@monaypenny @poppabitcoins @MikeFor44857211 @Alexand65771535 @BitcoinBerlinSV Yes, indeed, and that's precisely why Berlin enjoys the highest per capita Bitcoin adoption rate in El Salvador, while virtually everywhere else adoption is stagnating or declining.

@AriDavidPaul @danheld El Salvador is not a place where aggressive support and promotion exists. There has been virtually zero merchant support or promotion. Virtually the entire project was left up to immigrants, many of whom can't even be bothered to learn the language.

@gocoder_pro @FredHodl It's not that the landlord is refusing to accept Bitcoin, it's that he's refusing to do business with a Bitcoiner, period. It's like someone refusing to do business with us because we are Canadian. That's not about the Canadian dollar, it's about the reputation of Canadians.

@AriDavidPaul @danheld For three years we have run our entire economic lives on Lightning, using cash only for occasional things like propane deliveries. It has been a smooth, seamless experience, provided the merchants are equipped and trained to use it.

@dan360view @styggen2 Money which, from the point of view of many Salvadoran people, bids up prices and makes life less affordable, and which is brought in by foreigners who disrupt and disrespect their way of life. Instead of listening to those concerns, Bitcoiners have ignored and dismissed them.

@UncleBo05435478 Yes, and that's fine. But when Salvadorans are refusing to do business with Bitcoiners just because they're Bitcoiners, it's time to reassess our conduct.

@gocoder_pro @moera40 There's a Bitcoin address in our rental contract that we pay our rent to. That address goes to his Chivo wallet, which automatically converts it to USD and deposits it to his bank account. It's a quick and easy way for us to pay him. He has no interest in Bitcoin otherwise.

@duganist @TheNaturalInve1 By "Bitcoin adoption" I am referring to the use of Bitcoin as a medium of exchange within a population of ordinary working people. I'm not referring to retail or institutional speculation. The former is a human matter. The latter is a business calculation.

@duganist @TheNaturalInve1 3/3 I cite Berlin as an example here because out there adoption is higher than anywhere else in the country. It is that way because the Berlin crowd has comported itself with respect and humility. Elsewhere, the Bitcoin community hasn't, and so Bitcoin adoption isn't.

@TheNaturalInve1 For example: Left: Constructive, uplifting Bitcoiner participation in El Salvador 👍👍 Right: Harmful, repellant Bitcoiner disrespect in El Salvador 👎👎

@Watcher_Sivar No one is challenging the property owner's freedom to choose. What's being highlighted is what the property owner's choice tells us about the reputation of Bitcoin and Bitcoiners in the country.