In Afghanistan, an entrepreneur adopted Bitcoin in 2013 to pay her employees who worked remotely from home. Bitcoin was introduced as an alternative to an archaic payment system called Hawala, full of flaws and lack of trust from recipients.
As the story advances, we can also see enthusiasts weren't totally prepared to adopt BTC, as they went into Bitcoin with more funds they could afford to lose, suffering severe losses once Bitcoin entered bearish seasons back then.
It is too far in the past and it is when Bitcoin adoption is very small than now. The lack of well-preparation for adoption in this story is similar to what happened with many retailed merchants and entrepreneurs in El Salvador months after Bitcoin Legal Tender in that country. They did not prepare their business management plan like how they will receive, store their business treasury in Bitcoin as well as how they can convert it to fiat currency or stable coin in order to avoid market volatility.
Then, there is also an event where a woman who was travelling to Europe (Germany) became victim of thieves, but thankfully managed to keep a considerable amount of her money, because it was stored through BTC, and the small piece of paper which contained her seed passed without being noticed by the criminals.
Perhaps this story did not happen recently because in 2025 and in this market cycle, Bitcoin and cryptocurrency adoption has become big enough so that many people already knew about it as well as wallet seed words. It is very less likely that if you entered customs in Europe and they don't know what you wrote down on paper with 12 words like non-sense writing.
Moreover, there are also reports of how Bitcoin has been useful in chaotic economical scenarios, like the one they faced in Afghanistan, so citizens could still make an extra income through BTC by working online from their devices.
They work for money, they work for Bitcoin on their devices. It means they work and get wage paid in Bitcoin.
I really hope it is the case, and it is not like "Make an extra income through
BTC" by trading it or "staking" it on centralized exchanges or in pools of Ponzi scams.