cross-posted from: https://exploding-heads.com/post/77252
Armstrong’s suggestion may be based on El Salvador, another Latin American country, recognizing BTC as a legal tender back in 2021. The move brought various benefits to the country, such as a surge in tourism in 2022, with 1.1 million people visiting the country. In addition, El Salvador was able to build schools and a veterinary hospital using profits from its Bitcoin purchases.
Why not one of the actually good cryptos? Ripple, for example, would be much faster and lighter. I don’t follow Eth closely but it’s also at least actively developed.