Two years ago, El Salvador shrugged off a chorus of warnings and adopted Bitcoin as legal tender in a bid to revitalize its economy and improve access to financial services.Economist Cesar Villalona told AFP that Bitcoin "does not exist in the local economy" in any significant way, because in El Salvador "everything" is paid in dollars: wages, services and goods.
El Salvador adopted USD in 2001 and phased out the Colon (former currency) over the next few years. Bitcoin came way later.
I stand corrected. Sounds like the volatility of the Colon is even less relevant than I thought.