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The adoption of cryptocurrency as legal tender by El Salvador’s government has attracted enthusiastic tourists, concern from financial institutions and scorn from locals Technology 1 March 2022 By Luke Taylor A store owner in surfing hotspot El Zonte, now known as Bitcoin Beach JOSE CABEZAS/REUTERS/Alamy “Fifty cents for a pupusa,” says Carolina Reyes, a food … Read more
The Central American country’s experimental adoption of bitcoin has been beset by problems including identity theft and missing funds. Now the system is being relaunched with a US company providing the infrastructure Technology 3 February 2022 By Matthew Sparkes A vendor holds a sign showing that bitcoin is accepted at a store in San Salvador … Read more
Christopher Intagliata: Salvador Dali had a peculiar way of refreshing his mind—something he called “slumber with a key.” In his 1948 book “50 Secrets of Magic Craftsmanship,” he described how it worked. “You must seat yourself in a bony armchair, preferably of Spanish style,” he wrote. In your left hand, you were to clench a … Read more