Quote from: buwaytress on Today at 12:41:31 PM

Very positive news on recognition and acceptance levels, and don't get me wrong, I think it's pretty awesome too but they got to fix quite a bit over there. Adopted the US dollar as legal tender 20 years ago to try and revive the economy. Hasn't worked and still a source of political dispute even if the backlash has abated. Still not sure the precise reason for Bitcoin but if it serves only to provide assurance that it has a legal place there, good enough.

Can't help thinking it's actual adoption and use by people that needs to come first? No point having it legal if no one's using or spending it there.

I get your point. Plus I have no ground experience or authority to comment on the real situation of their economy. Mine is just a bird's eye view based on the information I have read so far.

You should check out this presentation: [El Salvador Becomes The First Country to Declare Bitcoin Legal Tender w/ Jack Mallers of Strike] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_59hrgTiRJU

On the usage front, the lightning network might really help with adoption. Hence I also mentioned that

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this challenge is closely linked with the advancements in higher-layer applications such as the lightning network. The part of passing this filter is also dependent on the stability, performance, and UX of the lightning network.