I am writing this post because I recently traveled to Budapest, Hungary. Budapest is a fantastic city, located on the banks of the Danube, with the Buda hills in the background and an architectural heritage of Baroque and Neoclassical masterpieces. For 20 years, when I was there for the first time, the city has made great strides, becoming an extremely livable and smart capital. On its streets I have found references to Bitcoin several times and this surprised me a lot. In Italy, my country, we are not used to these things and when in Hungary I saw ATMs that allow you to buy BTC or even bars and shops with signs bearing the symbol, I was very pleased. In particular, I liked being able to combine two of my passions: writing reviews on Google Maps and Bitcoin. I had never believed it possible or even imagined that the two could unite, but in the end it happened. I am in fact a Local Guide on Google Maps and I like to write about the places I visit, giving concrete help to those who will visit them after me and sharing details and opinions.
Wandering through the streets of the center on a hot August day, near the Great Synagogue, I came across this bar, whose name is "Bitcoin Bar". I couldn't help but stop and enter for a minute, driven by curiosity. It was the first time I had seen a business carry such an explicit reference to cryptocurrencies. Unfortunately, my itinerary did not include stops and therefore I could not spend some Satoshi for a coffee. However, it must be said that (as a good hodler) I probably would not have spent BTC to pay, but I would have used FIAT currency, as I cannot think of spending something that I have laboriously accumulated. Despite this, I wanted to leave a review on Google Maps which was more a praise to the courage of those who opened this bar, to thank him for having done his part towards mass-adoption. You will agree that an orange symbol with a large "B" right in the middle of Budapest does not go unnoticed and if even one of the passers-by gets curious and approaches the Crypto sector it would certainly be a positive thing.
I don't like to be in politics but sometimes the comparison comes by itself. Hungary is a country where a statue of Satoshi Nakamoto was recently dedicated and where it is proposed to reduce taxes on capital gains on cryptocurrencies for 2022. This speaks volumes when compared with other countries ruled by old and rooted minds in now fossil coins. I conclude by saying that I strongly hope that all over the world it will be possible in the future to have this type of approach to cryptocurrencies. Technology is advancing and the new generations are finally starting to take the helm. Seeing all this gives hope.
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