Bitcoin runs the world: Traveling to 40 countries in 400 days with BTC

A fast-moving Bitcoiner has tally done 7 of 40 countries connected his Bitcoin-powered marathon astir the world.

Paco the Runner, besides known arsenic Paco de la India, acceptable disconnected connected Sept. 17, 2021, paying for his full moving travel acknowledgment to each the Bitcoiners astir the world. He’s showing that “Bitcoin gives everyone state successful the mode they tendency it.”

Buying an icicle for Sats aboriginal connected his journey. Source: Twitter

Paco went from “living a prevarication connected the fiat standard,” to traveling the satellite surviving disconnected Bitcoin (BTC) lone erstwhile a beloved person talented him the book, The Bitcoin Standard. The speechmaking and consequent conversations with friends astir wealth and the quality of the satellite led him down the Bitcoin rabbit hole.

He told Cointelegraph that “once you spot it, you can't unsee it." He’d been orangish pilled:

“It was a afloat satellite nighttime and my person asked, bash I wanna question the world? I said yes. He says you person to question connected Bitcoin.”

From that infinitesimal onward, Paco’s question plans morphed into a "Bitcoin awareness, wide adoption, and showing the kindness of humans” campaign. He documents the travel and each Bitcoin transaction via question vlogs and societal media updates.

He is keen to “share Bitcoin with radical from antithetic walks of beingness is simply a blessing. To beryllium capable to stock the value of bitcoin compared to crap coins with everyone is similar 1 of the champion works.”

So acold helium has successfully lived disconnected BTC done the archetypal 7 countries of his travels. He lone uses "cash for nationalist transport." Nonetheless, the Bitcoin-only travel has not been without hitch.

While visiting Sri Lanka, helium mislaid his “room keys and the edifice proprietor was upset.”

“I requested for a spare transcript and ran to a neighboring town, and determination was nary electricity. Finally, it came and I asked him volition helium judge Bitcoin, helium said yes. LIKE WTF. BITCOIN KEY MAKER.”

Paco with the country cardinal helium paid for with Sats. Source: Twitter

He besides recalls the infinitesimal helium arrived astatine the Koh Samui successful Thailand, an land known for its anti-Bitcoin sentiment. He was frightened arsenic it was a caller island, 100 km big. Panic acceptable successful arsenic Paco thought to himself, however I americium going to unrecorded connected specified a ample land with nary money?

Fortunately, helium started walking the land and "In 200 meters I saw a motion that said the spot accepts Bitcoin. Like the beingness conspired for this to happen.”

There’s also:

“A bid thrust successful India and my neighbour had a Trust wallet, gave him fewer sats and got maine meal for the night. A usher successful India, [who I] convinced him to judge Bitcoin. [In] Cambodia, I went for a pub crawl advertisement paid for it connected Bitcoin.”

The database goes connected and on: a banana breadstuff baker successful Cambodia, “haircuts, burgers, Tuk-tuk, Dentists,” adjacent a “silver coin” paid for with BTC.

A Tuktuk, a usher and Banana Bread successful Siem Reap, Cambodia - each paid for with Bitcoin.  Source:  Twitter

It’s not easy, but Paco recommends that for different aspirational Bitcoin travelers, it’s champion to commencement small:

“Orange pill your neighbor, your favourite shop, bar, cinema, commencement sharing your sats. It's casual for them to larn from a known look similar yours. Be that small pebble that you propulsion successful the water and it volition make ripples that coming generations volition benefit.”

In the meantime, Paco volition proceed his runs astir the world, gathering Bitcoiners and pre-coiners portion spending Sats. He concludes, "every measurement you instrumentality present volition signifier your future."