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We Need to talk about El Salvador (Feat. Mario Gómez and Oscar Salguero)

We Need to talk about El Salvador (Feat. Mario Gómez and Oscar Salguero)

FromCrypto Critics' Corner


We Need to talk about El Salvador (Feat. Mario Gómez and Oscar Salguero)

FromCrypto Critics' Corner

ratings:
Length:
73 minutes
Released:
Mar 28, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Today Bennett and Cas are joined by two Salvadoran natives - Mario Gómez, a developer who was arrested in El Salvador for voicing criticism about the Bitcoin bill, and Oscar Salguero, a senior software engineer who has been traveling to and from El Salvador, testing the limits of the cryptocurrency remittance services.
Para nuestros oyentes en español, hay una transcripción disponible aquí: https://cryptocriticscorner.com/2022/03/29/episode-63-we-need-to-talk-about-el-salvador-feat-mario-gomez-and-oscar-salguero/#spanish-transcript
This is an incredible episode.
If you want to follow Mario on Twitter, please click here: https://twitter.com/mxgxw_alpha
If you want to follow Oscar on Twitter, please click here: https://twitter.com/OscarSalguero (or his website https://oscarsalguero.dev)
Here are some of the articles and stats referenced during the episode:
https://video.vice.com/da/video/gangs-of-el-salvador-part-1/5633b710023f0a102ad05e14
https://www.vice.com/en/article/m7vk5x/nayib-bukele-ms13-murder-rate
https://camarasal.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/SondeoEmpresarial35422_FINAL10032022.pdf
https://diario.elmundo.sv/economia/solo-el-14-de-las-empresas-reporta-ventas-en-bitcoin-segun-encuesta

This episode was recorded on Thursday, March 24th, 2022
Released:
Mar 28, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Bennett Tomlin and Cas Piancey discuss historical moments in the Bitcoin, cryptocurrency, and finance spaces, mainly focusing on frauds, exchange hacks, exit scams, and other malfeasance.