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The bigger concern might be that Bitcoin offers zero privacy; anyone you pay with Bitcoin can know exactly how much you have in your account, which is a huge personal security risk, possibly especially so in El Salvador.

If people use Bitcoin to store their life savings instead of banks, expect gangs to run around robbing people for their bitcoin because all it takes is one unscrupulous vendor to inform the gangs of your net worth.



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