The president of el salvador, naibcalais, announced a bitcoin conference in miami three months ago. The law was written and passed just three days later by the legislature in alsalvador. It's a bold experiment from a millennial leader with a growing reputation for shaking things up. Store owner catalina zavila said she wasn't preparing for what's being called b day because she doesn't understand it. She reckons she'll eventually catch up, as she did 20 years ago when the country made the us dollar official current ter.