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 So the interesting thing is that even if a nation like El Salvador adopts it it won’t make them a super power. They’re just too small. A lot of African countries will do it very well and significantly improve their nations wealth. 
But out of the top 10 nations currently by GDP. 
my money would be America, china, Russia, India, and Japan as the top 5 nations to successfully adopt it. 

What do you think ?:) 
 Russia is a great call. They begin accepting bitcoin payments for international trade like yesterday or today.

Japan is cooked. Not them
Instead of Japan, maybe Indonesia 
 Yeah I saw that - pretty smart to avoid sanction restrictions. 
Oh tell me more about your thoughts on Japan, is it because of the carry trade? 
It seems like btc is their only way out so I was banking on desperation to drive them. But do they have the fortitude to do it ? 
I’ve seen some of their private sector jump onto bitcoin which is promising