"Fix the money, Fix the World." ✅ Howdy! Even though the #Jetlag is still not quite over, I´m starting up my #Research for 'writing the book'. Of course I´m going through a lot of information daily and I also have a few books open, but... I have decided to start with 'The treasury of Michael Saylor' by Anil Patel as a book that I very likely want to reference in my story about 'Bitcoin in El Salvador'. There are multiple reasons for that choice.⚡ First of all. I believe Michael is a often misunderstood pioneer and visionary. Just like I believe Satoshi Nakamoto is. To me it seems very likely that also Nayib Bukele might belong in this category. If you know any other candidates share them in the comments please. 🙏 Obviously there is a lot to learn about the business he's in. The bigger question. If a country truly implements a Bitcoin strategy - and companies like #Strategy will pop-up - in what kind of (various?) aspects will society change? 🤔🧑‍🎓 #RutaDeBitcoin🏄‍♂️ #StreetArt #Pioneers

Howdy! The last stop on our way home was Washington D.C. A necessity as an important part of the book, although I have to admit, I'm not yet sure what the contents of one of the last chapters exactly will be. I do know that I am going to focus mostly on all of the positive aspects of this city though. At least now I've got a good grasp of this #Capital of the United States and... wow, I must say. We were pleasantly surprised. 😍 Of course it is the seat of #Power in the world and closed to the public in many ways, but it is also truly an amazing city. Energetic and vibrant and... still great! Yes, we probably stayed in a tourist bubble, but I really couldn't tell this is the capital of an empire in decline, except for #Inflation. Also the Washington #Community makes their home a good place to live. Maybe one day we will return, because we can definitely spent some more time here, but for now it"s back to the Netherlands. There's a lot of work to do! 🛠✅ #RutaDeBitcoin🏄‍♂️ #UnitedStates #PoW

“Only put money in the banking system that you can afford to lose!” Max Keiser Hola! So...this Sunday we've visited El Zonte for the last time in our project trip. We said goodbye to Max & Stacey. Not really haha, but they were present as sponsors of the surfevent at Bitcoin Beach. We watched the event from good seats at the place near Cajita Kitchen, which was packed with people. 🌊 We would have stayed for a night, had it not been for the fact that our hotel did not really live up to our standards. We've payed 77 dollars, but the place was not as nice a spot as advertised. The plan to watch a movie together on the screen could not go on, since Netflix did not work. Somehow we ended up in a bit of a quarrel with the owner, who did not want to give us a refund. Luckily, we already had another place in Puerto de la Libertad where we went back to the same day. Now, you can call it what you want, but I'd say this is #Freedom. What do you think? 😅 #RutaDeBitcoin🏄‍♂️ #Privilege #Choice

Phil: "Do you ever have déjà vu?" Mrs. Lancaster: "I don't think so, but I could check with the kitchen." Hola. This lovely town really reminds me of the town of Punxsuta.. ow ehm, Woodstock, Illinois in the movie Groundhog Day. There's a chapel, a market where we go to daily, some drunks sleeping on the pavement and a guy selling coffee on the street at the same spot every day! Last week I've gifted my last 'Guia de Bitcoin' to Jonathan, who works in the nice restaurant San Leonardo. We've enjoyed a great horchata and cocoa de leche. 🥰 This Saturday evening we went back -our third time- for an amazing pizza at restaurant Piccolo Giardino. We've eaten a few panini's for lunch again on Sunday... and I've also had some nice last talks in this town; at the Galeria Santa Emilia (only on #Facebook too, but they do accept Bitcoin!). All in all, we've really loved staying in this pueblo. Today we're on our way to the Capital once more. Enjoy your day!! 🙏 #RutaDeBitcoin🏄 #Food #Art #Film

"What makes Chalchuapa stand out at the time was their creation of an organized society within an urban framework. This signified a central authority, religious organization, labor units for construction, urban planning (albeit rudimentary), organized agricultural production, controlled trade networks, and specialized cultural and trade crafts..." The History of El Salvador - Christopher M. White (21) Hola! While I'm going through the history of El Salvador, once again, I'm trying to figure out 'what kind of information I want to share in the book'. Another challenge: 'What kind of material will I study?' With Grok it is really easy to find all kinds of cool research about a lot of stuff, but obviously there's no time to read it all. 🥲 The 'first verifiable advanced human settlement El Salvador was situated around 1200 BC in Chalchuapa'! We've visited this place three times. On the picture you can see the ancient ruins of Tazumal. I'll definitely do some more research on this one! ✔️ #RutaDeBitcoin🏄‍♂️ #History #Choices

"Un pueblo que ama la libertad será al final libre." Simon Bolivar Hey y'all! Whether the #Freedom quote above is really from Simon remains a bit unclear, according to Grok. I am however watching the 60-episode long series on Netflix of 'Bolivar'. It seems like it suits "El Libertador". Interesting to watch to get a better grasp of the past.🧑‍🎓 Meanwhile we've experienced our third #Earthquake - no worries, all of them were not that strong - but it's quite the experience. We've also gotten ourselves a bit into trouble. What happened? Well, we are feeding the street 'chuchos' next to our house in Ataco, but.. now they have collectively found out our place is a proper dining spot. They even bark at the door and bring their friends. This week there were ten of them congregating in front of the porch. Yes, of course we've now changed tactics a bit while giving them food and love, but it's a bit hard to convince the dogs about that change of policy! 😜 #RutaDeBitcoin🏄 #Incentives #Chucho

"The longer the coastline of our knowledge, the bigger the ocean of our ignorance." Bert Bosman 😅 Hola! After two weeks we've finally made it out of the village and went on a short trip to Ahuachapán! Basically to go to the supermarket, but we've also strolled around the city a bit. It's one of those places where people are still amazed when they spot tourists. There's a central square, a nice church and a 'Casa de la Cultura', where some great photographs from 1929 are on display! ✅ Meanwhile I've been diving into the #History of El Salvador. Turns out, right after #Independence from #Spain a "Federal Republic of Central America" was created. I did not know that yet. One of the visionairies for this new union was Francisco Morazán. He also served as its president from 1830-1839. So from now on I'll be wondering how to incorporate this knowledge into my book about "Bitcoin in El Salvador", amongst other things. Updates will follow! 🙏 #RutaDeBitcoin🏄‍♂️ #Union #Writing

"What inspires me the most [about Bitcoin] is the community driving it. It reminds me of the early internet. It’s deeply principled, it’s weird as hell [and] it’s always evolving." Jack Dorsey Hola! A strong wind is blowing through the mountains and the village of Concepcion de Ataco and my first Bitcoin meetup in this town is a wrap. It was very interesting to meet with a handful of people and (try and ;) listen to their conversations. Basically that means practising your Spanish for an hour and I did fairly okay. We've been discussing some cool application ideas. ✅ Interesting to see how more of these meetups start up in El Salvador. Last week one in Chalchuapa - about an hour away, so I did not attend. Now I have joined a 'Ruta de las Flores'-Telegram group, so it's likely I'll discover some more. We will stay here for one more month! Yes, I'm really curious to see how (and if) these communities will develop in the coming years... 🧑‍🎓 #RutaDeBitcoin🏄 #Meetup #Community

Hola! How's everybody doing? I hope all is well. 🙏 Here's a statement: When you are working and living in a house in Concepcion de Ataco, life really does not differ that much from living in Amsterdam. It's mostly sitting behind the computerscreen many hours of the day. 😜 Okay, that's not totally true, since we are enjoying a lot of sun lately. Also culturally this town brings with it a different Christian vibe, as in many places in this religious country. Ataco is situated in the mountains, which has the advantage that nights are prettty.. cool. The #Weather is great! ✅ While sitting in our garden in front of the house and listening to the sounds of birds, a handymen came by to fix our cast iron gate. I was amazed by the speed and creativity of this craftsman. It made me wonder when #Robots with A.I. will be this ingenious. O yeah. On our entire journey we did not spot any Torogoz yet. I'm not really a bird-watcher, but that one is still on the list! 🪶 #RutaDeBitcoin🏄 #Culture #Torogoz

"Este trabajo esta hecho por el dominio publico." ✔️ www.BitcoinCoast.sv Hola! On Sunday I gave away another Bitcoin Coast #Guide for 'comerciantes'. A handy introduction book to Bitcoin, written by Evelyn Lemus from the #Berlin #Community. To be honest. I still have to read it fully myself, but skimming over the pages it seems like a proper explanation. I use it as a guide to make contact with people and have a chat about Bitcoin. In this way I hope to contribute to the Bitcoin-awareness in this country. So nope, I'm definitely not an #OrangePill top dealer, but I do contribute my #Sats! 😅 My believe is everyone should follow their own energy. I don't do this because I so necessarily want to make an impact in the world. I do this because it makes me feel good. The interaction gives me energy and I love to be in contact with the people and create some awareness. O yeah, La Raclette is a great place to eat while spending time in Concepcion de Ataco! 😋 #RutaDeBitcoin🏄 #Energy #Mission

Hola! One of the biggest challenges for me is to decide what kind of topics I'd like to learn about, and subsequently deciding on how much #Research I'd like to invest in understanding them better. Luckily book stores are pretty scarce in El Salvador. 😜 There was literally a mountain of books near Centro Historico, in a store called 'La Montana de los Libros'. Here and there you can find a mainstream bookstore in a mall, but those can't really excite me. After a conversation with the dean of Engineering at the University of Sonsonate (also about Bitcoin) he showed me around campus, and the library was open for visitors. 🎉 In hotel 'Las Tilapias' in La Palma I discovered a great series from Banco Agricola in the restaurant, but not enough time to go through all of them. 😢 In Usulutan I found a great book about Gerardo Barrios (in Spanish), that I'm currently reading. Ps. That's the general who has a statue in front of Binaes! Yes, I love this journey! ☺ #Books #History #RutaDeBitcoin🏄‍♂️

"Thoughts about Bitcoin payments in El Salvador." 📬 Hola! In comparison with last years visit we can notice Suchitoto is improving. There are also some pretty cool places to spend Sats. I've pondered a bit though about 'Bitcoin payments in El Salvador'. Yes, it's actually quite the challenge to keep paying in Bitcoin when there is so much #Volatility in the #Price. ✔️ Yesterday I've tried to work out a first concept about my new #Paradigm of thinking. I realise there is a lot to work out, still, I'm quite happy with this first attempt. If you have any time to spare, I'm more than happy to read along your thoughts on this new article. Let me know what you think, even if you don't agree with some of the things I've written, or think the article is total crap! 😜 #RutaDeBitcoin🏄‍♂️ #Ideology #FrameWork

"What USDT did is to create the biggest monetary distribution network in the history of humanity." Paolo Ardoino📬 Hola! A theme of this brilliant event was the battle between 216.000 tons of #Gold and 21 million Bitcoin! You can notice the influence of "probably the biggest visionairy in financial markets", according to Juan Sartori from #Tether - also sponsor of the event. "What holds value when everything moves?" asks the promo-video of XAUT: "A digital token fully backed by real gold, held in Switzerland." 🤨 According to Paolo - CEO of the company that prints the #Dollar digitally online since 2014 - he really believes in Bitcoin. He talks about #OpenSource Self-Custodial wallets. He addresses debt and (in)equality and #P2P. Four stable pillars he sees for the world are: Finance - Communications - Intelligence and Energy. Tether wants to bring stability to society. The big question: 'Can we believe and trust in that promise?' 🤔 #RutaDeBitcoin🏄‍♂️ #SelfCustody #Mission

"Think of the people here. It's a mission for everyone." Hans ter Laag Hola! Already a few months before our 'Ruta de Bitcoin'-tour I came across a book where Saskia ter Laag writes about her search for justice after the murder of her brother Hans - nearby Chalatenango - in 1982! (Goodreads - in Dutch) 📚 Hans was part of a team of four journalists who were making a documentary of the Civil war. It is a very impressive read, that I can highly recommend. The story is about justice, political battles and journalism - and what it entails - and... grieve. 😢 During the same time in 2025 a Salvadoran court delivered a historic ruling - Grok. Three former high-ranking military officers were convicted of the murders, a staggering 43 years after this crime. It was impressive to see the monument. After this visit we went to Museo Jon Cortina (Wiki) where the villagers kindly helped us to find the woman with the key to open the gate so we could visit! 🙏👨‍🎓😅 #Journalism #Justice #RutaDeBitcoin🏄‍♂️

"My Christian values guided me to form on August 27, 1977, a cooperative we called 'La Semilla de Dios' (God’s Seed) ... an art school to benefit and provide sustainable income to many families." Fernando Llort Hola! We've already spend a few days in La Palma, Chalatenango. It is colder here, more windy and there is one restaurant where we could spend some #Sats for lunch. While enjoying our croissandwich we've enjoyed the paintings on the wall and spotted a name. After some research we found out Vite has a shop closeby, so we've visited his gallery. They did not accept Bitcoin yet, but his wife Ingrid was happy to learn, so woehooo! We've bought some art with Bitcoin! 🎉 Now we've almost visited all of the fourteen departments of El Salvador. In the last great artistic pueblo I've left a brochure with Mario, artist in Concepcion de Ataco. We will soon return and see what his questions and doubts still are... if any! Que le vaya bien! ❤🔥 #StreetArt #OrangePill #RutaDeBitcoin🏄‍♂️

Senka Tlasojkamati! 🙏(muchas gracias in Náhuatl) Hola! On top of the mountain of Cerro Verde - a cool national park - you can pay at the entrance with Bitcoin, although you do need to have a connection for that. Which we did not have. This would've been a great visit to check out if paying with the Tiankii card works, which we didn't bring haha. 🫣 What is pretty obvious - but gets quite clear while travelling - is that you can see how people are the main drivers of 'adoption' though. You need someone to go around the neighborhood to let shops participate. Cheers to all the orangepillers out there! 🥂 Right now we are in Concepción de Ataco, a beautiful village, with not so much adoption. I could sense the owner of a very nice cafe was a bit reluctant to talk about Bitcoin. He only wanted to accept dollars. That happens too and is perfectly fine. I've just spotted the Strong Gym on the BTC-map. We'll give it a try in a few minutes. Enjoy the weekend all! 💪😎 #RutaDeBitcoin🏄‍♂️ #Murals #Adoption

"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion." Albert Camus Hola! We did not pay here with Bitcoin yet, but I can honestly say that (playa) Mizata may very well be my favorite place in #SurfCity. We did however visit El Zonte yesterday and bought a nice Bitcoin smoothie at the beach. We've also spotted some minor renovations. A new terrace at the sea. A renovated souvenir shop, where you can still buy a Bitcoinshirt for 10$. SurfCity is gradually improving. Along the road at the coast you can see advertisements of newly planned real-estate projects. 🏗 In Mizata you also have the more expensive Nawi beach House and the place couldn't be further away from their neighbours at the beach, where we've bought a coconut for two dollars. There's still a great soccer field in between. I wonder how long that will last. What will this place look like in ten years time?! 👨‍🎓 #RutaDeBitcoin🏄‍♂️ #Gentrification #Inequality

"Colombianos, las armas os han dado la independencia, las leyes os darán la libertad" Francisco de Paula Santander Hola! We've just arrived in Cancun, Mexico for a short break! 🎉The first half of our project-trip through El Salvador is a wrap. We've ended in San Benito and enjoyed a stay in the ecofriendly Cinco Hotel, where you can pay with Bitcoin too! ✔️ Yes, Lina Seiche has done a real good job redecorating the Salvadoran classrooms, so for the new school year Bitcoin-education is ready. Meanwhile Nayib Bukele is teaming up with #ElonMusk and #Google to provide the country with 21st-century education- and medical AI-assistance. Since I've read the classic 'Surveillance Capitalism' from Zoshanna Zuboff already twice, I'm not so sure if this will be a good thing in the longrun. But... the country surely is making innovative steps forward. What do you think? 🤔🧑‍🎓 #RutaDeBitcoin🏄‍♂️ #Innovation #Education

"A revolution is not carried in the mouth to live off it. A revolution is carried in the heart to die for it." Agustín Farabundo Martí (Grok) Hola! In the 'Museo de la Revolución' (Wiki) they have not discovered Bitcoin yet. That's actually quite contradictive. ;) I did however have a very good conversation with 17-year old guide and translator Natalia who wants to be a stewardess and fly all around the world. She is really eager to learn about Bitcoin too. Sitting next to her was a very old lady who was selling bananas for a dollar and smiling the whole time while we chatted a bit. To be with two different generations in one moment feels kind of special. You are in the presence of elderly wisdom and youthly ambition combined. 🙏 Also.. the elderly male guides in the museum can tell you all about their direct experiences of the last century. There is a genuine guerrila camp to experience too. It's definitely a must-visit when nearby or in Perquin. ✔️ #RutaDeBitcoin🏄‍♂️ #OrangePill #Museum

"Bitcoin won't be adopted like the iPhone because it's cool. It will be adopted like gunpowder. If you don't own it, you'll be it's victim." Saifedean Ammous Hola! Since our visit to the next stop - the gated community of San Miguel - our time was mostly spent recovering from sickness. That's the reason updates have been a bit slow. I've been doing a lot of reading and I also think I agree with Saifedean. What about you? 🤔 Included in the days that followed in La Union was a trip to SurfCity 2, where we've spotted a lot of 'Bitcoin accepted' signs! In the city itself not so much though, and we ended up paying our bill in FIAT at the only restaurant on BTC-map 'Amanecer Marino', but... the food was great! 😋 Now we're already a few days in Perquin, where Bitcoin acceptance is also very limited. A place that's not on the map, but where you can get a great view and pay for your burger in Sats is Foresto Restaurant. One to definitely go and check out! ✔️ #RutaDeBitcoin🏄‍♂️ #LowTimePreference