Bitcoin: El Salvador plans to make cryptocurrency legal tender

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A single BTC transaction (on-chain) costs $5.56 in fees today. Minimum wage in El Salvador is around $300&#x2F;month. How will people in-country afford this? Even the lightning network requires paying for periodic on-chain transactions.