A single BTC transaction (on-chain) costs $5.56 in fees today. Minimum wage in El Salvador is around $300/month. How will people in-country afford this? Even the lightning network requires paying for periodic on-chain transactions.
I'm calculating 9 cents, not $5.56. Assuming 250 bytes (typical for 1 input 2 output transactions) at a fee rate of 1 sat/b (which have been regularly clearing lately):
Average tx fee paid != cost to commit a tx. A lot of people are intentionally overpaying to 100% guarantee placement in the very next block. You don't need to do this if quick settlement isn't an absolute requirement.
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[ 2.6 ms ] story [ 38.0 ms ] thread250 bytes * 1 sat/b * 0.00000001 btc/sat * 36000 usd/btc = 0.09 usd
How did you get $5.56?