Bitcoin Beach: El Zonte is a surf hotspot in El Salvador. The town will now be the location of the first wave park in all of Central America. With construction about to start, it holds a lot of promise in attracting more surfers to its waters.
The Bitcoin Beach project started three years ago after an anonymous donation of digital currency to the beach town of El Zonte. Since then, entrepreneurs and tourists in the area have increasingly used Bitcoin to conduct transactions.
Workers in the town receive their salaries in digital currency. The name Bitcoin Beach caught on as a tribute to the city’s acceptance of this currency as payment.
The Bitcoin Beach promise
All of this happened outside of the government’s involvement. Bitcoin Beach quickly gained attention, successfully contributing to the national conversation about cryptocurrencies. In September 2021, El Salvador adopted Bitcoin as legal tender under the leadership of President Nayib Bukele. The Bitcoin Beach now advertises itself as “A small community that helped overturn the world monetary system.”
Source: https://beincrypto.com/bitcoin-beach-wave-park-to-be-built-after-anonymous-crypto-donation/