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Today I talk with Nicki and James in El Salvador.
The couple left New Zealand, buying one-way tickets to El Salvador just over a year ago!
We talk about what it is like in their new home and the hope and optimism that they see around them. El Salvador made Bitcoin legal tender in September 2021, paving the way for using Bitcoin in everyday life, and since then the country has begun to attract people from all over the world.
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