What was the impetus behind El Salvador's adoption of bitcoin? The bill seems to have been introduced by President Nayib Bukele, whose background is law.

This recent story [1] about bitcoin being pushed by fishy operatives in Catalonia is what got me curious.

[1] https://www.occrp.org/en/investigations/fueling-secession-pr... / https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31317907