An Italian couple, Rikki and Laura, managed to tour El Salvador for 45 days using Bitcoin for making payments. Reportedly, Rikki is “a Bitcoin podcaster and human rights activist, active in the space since 2016 while Laura “works as a community manager in the blockchain space and has been laser-focused on crypto since 2019.” El Salvador, the small Central American nation, made Bitcoin a legal tender on 7 September 2021.