Some people don't know the difference between Bitcoin and altcoins because of a lack of information or misinformation. In other to deceive people to embrace or invest in their get-rich-quick shitcoin project, some of these crypto developers and promoters will hide behind Bitcoin. It is common to see them attaching Bitcoin and its logo on their advertisement channels to attract people to their project. In my early days of joining this sector, I attended a so-called Bitcoin awareness seminar, and nothing about the currency was discussed. The organizers kept persuading us to buy a worthless coin and telling us that it would be worth more than Bitcoin in less than one year. So when people especially newbies come up with names or discussions where they use vague words like crypto to discuss Bitcoin, I assume it was a result of misconceptions.  

FTM#1 - Bitcoin in El Salvador

El Salvador could be the catalyst for the most audacious economic experiment since Bretton Woods. On September 7th 2021, they became the first country in the world to make the nascent digital currency, Bitcoin, legal tender. If other countries follow, it could lead to a new international monetary system. How did this come to pass? And what does it mean for Salvadorians?

A beach and a palace bookend Bitcoin's story in El Salvador, and my film starts in the coastal resort of El Zonte, aka Bitcoin Beach, where I visit Michael Peterson, a US charity worker who developed this unique Bitcoin community. Most Salvadorians in El Zonte are unbanked, yet, with Bitcoin Beach, they were introduced to this new financial system.

I also sit with the President of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, who, inspired by El Zonte, saw a chance to reset his country's fortunes. He took the unprecedented step to align his country's future with Bitcoin, taking on powerful interests at home and abroad.

The El Salvadorian people lie between these two men, ravaged by civil war, gang violence, and political corruption. Bukele has a bold vision for a new future, but his changes have bred distrust in some and hope in others. I travel to meet those protesting against Bitcoin and those who believe it can be a force for good.

On the day I published this video, El Salvador hosted 44 other emerging nations at a financial inclusion conference. What started as a small project in El Zonte may lead to Bitcoin becoming the standard for other countries worldwide.

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We have been involved in this discussions as regards to learning Bitcoin or learning crypto,  but majority of bitcoin users already know that crypto is not Bitcoin and using that terms to refer to Bitcoin in any form is a fundamental violation of what Bitcoin really is and stands for,  this also is what has shaped our approach towards those discussions as regard to Bitcoin journey and just as JayJuanGee said bitcoin is a life long journey that will touch several aspects of human development in regards to financial inclusions,  some time this misconception of terms have given bitcoin bad image from the general bad actors in the market such as in the class of shitcoins that are referred to as crypts who are nothing but just hype and shitcoins.

Learning about Bitcoin is a lifelong journey,  and the fundamental thing to do is to walk in the direction of the fundamental knowledge of Bitcoin because only through doing that you will be able to take a proper look at the long-term benefits of Bitcoin and how to maximize on that benefits.

Someone has to lead and explain it better. I have seen you defend them whenever someone used the crypto term referring to Bitcoin. I don't know If I was one of them to use the term "Crypto" to refer to Bitcoin. Even though it's not too bad to call "Bitcoin" a crypto, it's like you are calling a Man a human. Sometimes, people agree and sometimes disagree with it. But when people like you step up and explain in many words who have a long forum background, people think twice before they argue with you. So you are kind of the back of many people.

I have followed @JJG in other threads where he emphasized the need to be specific when referring to Bitcoin and the others.  Like he mentioned, using crypto in a vague way can be misleading. It sends a wrong message to the uninformed when someone fall into the hands of mischief makers under the guise of cryptocurrency. So, it is always good to be specific about the choice of words.

I saw a video clip where the El Salvador children were quite familiar or very familiar with Bitcoin, where one of the children bought ice cream by paying with Bitcoin.
https://twitter.com/BitcoinNewsCom/status/1713464230421148061?t=lxbJfi5wweVW72n2H1Hc6w&s=19

I think that an era of considerable progress has been demonstrated by El Salvador in adopting Bitcoin as a legal currency for buying anything. Both parents and children are familiar with Bitcoin where they pay for everything with Bitcoin.  I think young people in other countries might be a little behind in their progress on Bitcoin when compared to El Salvador's kids.

Ruben Darío street in El Salvador is being cleared of stray telephone and electrical wires. The mayor of San Salvador has taken steps to clean up Ruben Darío street by removing all the stray electrical and telephone wires. If kept clean, the city's revitalization plan will be implemented and the city will look beautiful and attract people's eyes.



https://twitter.com/ITROriginal/status/1716177424403021895?t=I8RZQ04vrBWiXSiM4raIKQ&s=19

I would not proclaim that the word crypto is meaningless, since it has some meaning in its vagueness, its ambiguousness, it's misleadingness (so in that sense a kind of attack vector upon bitcoin by trying to equate bitcoin with such)... while at the same time, as you seem to be suggesting GigaBit, if the goal of anyone is to want to learn about crypto, then it seems they might be wanting to learn about something that lacks in focus, and surely if they might be wanting to learn about bitcoin but using the term crypto, then why not just use the word bitcoin and/or be more specific about what is wanting to be learned.  Surely someone might have goals to learn about how shitcoins relate to bitcoin and they might say that is one of the ways to learn about bitcoin, but such an aim ends up lacking in focus from the way that it aims to start the journey.

Many of us would likely understand that if we do not know the difference between bitcoin and crypto, then we are more likely to get mislead into learning about "bitcoin and crypto" from a strange kind of angle that ends up causing much more time to figure out what is going on and maybe even years and years of bad habits, especially if we might start to buy some of the shitcoins that are associated with crypto and to believe some of the dumbass shitcoin talking points that aim to promote their crap while at the same time naysaying bitcoin with catchy ideas that may well sound correct in theory.. but could take quite a bit of time to figure out that the marketing hype is not really painting reality with very good accuracy in regards to some of the scamminess (including people wanting to take your money) going on behind the scenes of much of that crap.. maybe not every single shitcoin projects, but quite a large number of them, including that many of the people might even have good intentions without realizing that they are promoting and building upon crap.


I thought that i did not get very upset about very much possibly relateable topics as long as they are not promoting shitcoins, but surely some threads allow for shitcoin discussion based on how the topic of the thread might be formulated.. so for example in this thread, we are talking about a whole countries adoption of bitcoin and some people have considered that El Salvador's adoption of bitcoin might also relate to allowing shitcoins, especially when El Salvador has made some press releases in which they are promoting technology and engaging in various technological partnerships.. . so some of those promotions of various technologies and even one of the recent partnerships with Binance are ambiguous regarding how much they show that El Salvador is allowing shitcoins..

and some of the infrastructure clean up may also be argued to relate to bitcoin too..  just like the making the streets safter to reduce crime and attract tourists.  If anyone has ever travelled to latin american countries, there surely are areas in which electrical wires tend to hang all over the place and may even scare some tourists in terms of the safety.... so appearances of order can provide some senses that underlying matters are in order in other regards, too.. and El Salvador really seems to not be a very BIG place when you think about it, so almost anything could end up relating to bitcoin..... including that they smaller the place then maybe overall country policies and initiatives may even be allowed to have influence over local matters. is that good or not?  not always clear.. just like it might not be clear how much such topics relate to bitcoin and/or the topic of this thread.. 

so yeah, probably I have harder times getting upset about arguable topic deviance unless there appears to be some shitcoin pumping involved in motivating the post... On the other hand, some members might post somewhat off-topic and consider that they might be sufficiently related to the topic for their own reasons that may or may not be related to pumping shitcoins...even though some folks consider members involved in signature campaigns as kinds of shitcoins. which their is quite a bit of truth in terms of signature campaigns frequently being funded by various shitcoins and not always great ideas.. since bitcoin itself does not generally have a marketing team.. .. .

This transformative process has also begun to take place in El Salvador because the government is still making the best efforts to make the country of El Salvador better and more advanced and more liked by many people from other countries. For example, in implementing Bitcoin into their educational curriculum, which the children there can begin to learn so that people and the younger generation there will find it easier to know about Bitcoin from an early age and can immediately make Bitcoin more famous in the surrounding community.

The innovations needed by the government will also continue to be carried out by the government there by clearing every obstacle that could make their work slower. I am also quite sure that as long as El Salvador is still led by President Bukele, I think every necessary innovation will continue to be carried out for the good of the country and the people there.