A store owner in surfing hotspot El Zonte, now known as Bitcoin Beach JOSE CABEZAS/REUTERS/Alamy
鈥淔ifty cents for a pupusa,鈥 says Carolina Reyes, a food vendor in El Palmarcito, El Salvador, as she throws the cornmeal pancakes on the grill. 鈥淏itcoin or cash?鈥
A growing number of Reyes鈥檚 customers are transferring cryptocurrency into her digital wallet rather than handing over聽bills. 鈥淎mericans, French, Canadians, they鈥檙e all paying in bitcoin for my pupusas,鈥 she says.
Tourists have long been drawn to El Salvador for its surf, but now they are coming to see the world鈥檚 most popular cryptocurrency in聽action.…
