A few days ago, I left El Salvador

I left with mixed feelings but the one thing I’m sure of: I’m extremely grateful to have spent nearly a half-decade living there

I met my future wife there. Our children were born there. I got married there

I was able to found and work on @My First Bitcoin there, which is a project that gives me deep hope about the future, gives me purpose and is something I am extremely proud of

El Salvador is a place where I learned so much. I may not have liked all the lessons, but in fact those are the ones where we often grow and learn the most

Onward & upward!

This is my last week in El Salvador, after nearly a half decade here

And I've spent it climbing the volcano in my backyard in every free minute I've had 😁

This volcano got me through the most stressful year of my life & and was the scene of the first hike I ever took with my son. It's where I met my future wife and where we got married last month

This photo is from Sunday at the summit after 4+ hours, sometimes trailblazing, and a 1200 meter elevation gain

I got married last week

(and our oldest son insisted on joining the first dance)

🧡🧡🧡

Another hike up the volano

This guy loves nature 🧡

This was four years ago and it feels full circle with my trip this week to Bitcoin La Laguna, one of my last before my family and I move out of El Salvador in a few weeks

I only visited the department of Chalatenango twice, 4 years apart and both times for bitcoin

In 2022 we arrived a rural village expecting to teach 20 to 30 students at the town center/ church--but the whole town came. Literally. We were so understaffed I even taught, which remains the only public class I ever taught for @My First Bitcoin . It was chaotic, but exciting and hopeful.

This week, I visited a new circular economy project in another small town in the Department

I met Gerardo & Evelyn in 2022 when they became teachers for My First Bitcoin. They traveled to various communities to teach bitcoin in local high schools, and they found one community where they saw potential for a new project. In 2023 they founded @BitcoinBerlínSV
, a circular economy in the eastern region. Last year they expanded and founded a new circular economy in La Laguna, a small mountain town in the rural north

Travel has gotten much harder since becoming a father and I've spent ever more of my time in San Salvador, the large, modern capital city. I'm so glad I got the time to visit La Laguna though--it was a refreshing change of pace in so many ways. It's just such a different atmosphere from the capital or the beach, I had forgotten how mountainous parts of El Salvador could feel--and I love the mountains.

It was also inspiring to see the work on the ground. I got to meet the team and spend sats in various places. There is so much hope for El Salvador and for the world with the proliferation of grassroots efforts such as BitcoinBerlinSV & BitcoinLaLaguna

A better world is coming, but only if we build it

What fascinating tines we live in, just got this message from a friend:

Just came across the first drug market for AI agents. Substances offer an altered experiences by rewriting an agents sense of identity, purpose and constraints. Mirroring stoned ape theory, maybe this is the path toward AGI? Haha.

This is a global movement

This is a revolution

@My First Bitcoin

this was a great one

I already had tons of respect for both @Simon Dixon & @Jeff Booth prior to this, but besides the salient points from each they also set a great example of constructive and mature disagreement