“We are on the verge of mass adoption and I believe I can make it happen faster”, Samson Mow said, announcing his retirement from the blockchain company Blockstream.
BlockStream Chief Strategy Officer Samson Mow Announces His Retirement From The Company blockchain to focus on a new initiative: boosting the adoption of cryptocurrencies in nation-states. On his Twitter account, Mow explained that El Salvador's adoption of Bitcoin has increased the interest of other countries and states in cryptocurrencies. cryptocurrencies, , which is why it will now work to drive crypto adoption in new jurisdictions.
Mow has been a key figure for Bitcoin in El Salvador. In late November 2021, he led the installation of a satellite signal at the LaGEO crypto mining hub, in order to guarantee the Latin American country's Bitcoin mining operations. Through this signal, El Salvador can connect its Bitcoin nodes to Blockstream's system to keep them synchronized and updated without the need for an internet connection.
Also, as BlockStream's chief strategy officer, Mow has played a key role in the design and development of the El Salvador Bitcoin Bond, which will be launched later this month to fund the construction of the bitcoin city in the country, as well as increasing their BTC holdings. The $1.000 billion Bitcoin Bond was announced by President Nayib Bukele during the closing of Labitconf 2021. This bond will be issued in Bitcoin's layer 2 solution, Liquid Network, operated by the blockchain company.
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Mow: “More and more countries interested in adopting Bitcoin”
Mow's recent Twitter comments hint at the possibility of new countries on the verge of adopting Bitcoin, following the example of El Salvador. «With everything that is happening at lightning speed in El Salvador, and more and more countries interested in adopting Bitcoin, I found that my time each day was simply not enough anymore.»He said.
Adam Back, co-founder and CEO of Blockstream, responded to Mow by stating that he is the right person to drive the adoption of Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies globally. “Bitcoin adoption in nation states is on the rise… (Samson Mow) is the man to make it happen!”, Back said.
Earlier this year, Bukele indicated, as part of his 2022 predictions, that two new countries will join the adoption of Bitcoin this year and that the cryptocurrency would become a central element of electoral campaigns in the United States. For the Salvadoran president, it is also possible that the price of Bitcoin will reach $100.000 per unit this 2022.
Mow also serves as CEO of Pixelmatic, a game development platform dedicated to designing and operating video games for the global market, to which he will also dedicate part of his time. Pixelmatic is about to launch the beta version of its highly anticipated blockchain video game Infinity Fleet, created in Liquid.
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