A Bitcoin Talk in Costa Rica

I finished 2014 with so many great experiences in Argentina that the final outcome of educating and assisting in the Bitcoin adoption there didn’t disappoint me.
In the town I was living in after the year — Villa La Angostura, Neuquen (in the Patagonia) — I had one business adopter, one new bitcoin holder from Buenos Aires, and lots of experience in dealing with skepticism. But the town I lived in was not typical to the norm of that country. It was much slower to change.
During my year there, I wrote an article entitled “Using Bitcoin in Patagonia”for the LTB network, I did an interview with John Barrett on Bitcoins & Gravy, I translated the Spanish section for BC TIP, and even wrote an app review for the Multi Currency Bitcoin POS Android app. I had a quick voice meeting with Adam B. Levine about starting an LTB network Spanish section, and writers even began contacting me to help produce content for it.
What I didn’t expect was that a “tico” (Costa Rican) would contact me and ask whether I wanted to give a Bitcoin talk in San Jose, the capital of Costa Rica. I was already going to visit Costa Rica on my way up from South America as I headed to Canada. I accepted the invitation.
Before leaving the South, however, I headed to Gualeguaychu in the Northeast of Argentina, the most famous carnival town in the country. I had one last business there that was interested in hearing more about Bitcoin, a lumber business called La Forestal.
Dany Alos, a volunteer at a small group called Giras Bitcoiners, connected with me before I arrived. The group made their way through the town educating people. They volunteer their efforts going to different towns in different provinces and giving talks on the potential power of Bitcoin for the country and the world. If you’re looking to sponsor a Bitcoin cause in Argentina that only looks for donations to help cover the transportation costs, I recommend checking them out.

This post was published at Lets Talk Bitcoin on February 8th, 2015.

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