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Re:El Salvador to airdrop $30 in Bitcoin to up to 6M citizens by southerntofu on Friday June 25, 2021 @05:57AM (#27628864)
> Blockchain tech is unrelated to bitcoins

Yes and no. The latter is built from the former. But the former is ensured to build wasteful tech. I explain the difference between consensus and gossip in an article about decentralized forging, if you're interested:

https://staticadventures.netlib.re/blog/decentralized-forge/

Re:El Salvador to airdrop $30 in Bitcoin to up to 6M citizens by NicoJuicy on Friday June 25, 2021 @10:29AM (#27631200)
I don't think decentralized tech ( = blockchain) applies to Bitcoin anymore in El Salvador.

Eg. With the lightning network