Frequently Asked Questions

  • BTC Isla is a community project that was started in Isla Mujeres, Mexico in February 2024. We provide technical infrastructure, community events & educational information for Mexicans to help them learn about, use & adopt Bitcoin. We also support local tourism by attracting tourists to Isla Mujeres to experience using Bitcoin in day-to-day life in a way they haven’t seen before. This concept is known as a Bitcoin Circular Economy.

  • Bitcoin circular economies are a concept pioneered by Bitcoin Beach in El Salvador. The idea is to build a local economy where you can attract Bitcoin into a community and keep it there, enabling commerce to occur with Bitcoin in every step of the economic cycle. For example, we attract Bitcoin tourists who spend their Bitcoin at locally owned businesses. These vendors can then pay their suppliers in Bitcoin, who in return can pay the producers in Bitcoin. The producers can then use Bitcoin to purchase other goods and services. Today, there are Bitcoin Circular Economies all over the world, adapted to the needs of their community.

  • We are not a profit-seeking company. We don’t charge any fees. We do not wish to force the use of Bitcoin onto anyone. We do not charge any commissions to any business who accepts Bitcoin or who receives Bitcoin tourists.

  • We don’t. We are funded by Bitcoin enthusiasts that want to contribute to our mission of driving the knowledge & ability for anyone to use Bitcoin in their life. We believe Bitcoin is a force of good in this world, we are passionate about the technology, we love to share our knowledge and we want to contribute our skills to the Isla Mujeres economy in a positive way.

  • Bitcoin is an open protocol that enables the transfer of value digitally. It is an open network- anyone, anywhere can participate without asking for permission. Bitcoin is not controlled by any one person, company or government. The internet will have a native currency; it's just a matter of time.

  • Bitcoin, like any other form of money, has many uses. Some use Bitcoin as a savings tool, helping protect their savings against inflation. Others use Bitcoin as a payments tool, helping make payments cheaper, faster & more reliable than alternatives. 

    The Human Rights Foundation helps activists around the world learn how to adopt Bitcoin to further their causes. Women's rights activists in Afghanistan use Bitcoin to pay staff because women are denied access to bank accounts. There are countless examples of Bitcoin being used for good throughout the world.

    In the future, creative endeavors will rely heavily on micropayments, something that's been discussed since the dawn of the internet, and finally being realized at scale. Artificial Intelligence agents will need a standardized way to transact. Commerce will be less constrained by national borders, flowing freely around the world without gatekeepers or rent seekers.


  • No more than any other form of money. All forms of technology can be used for both good & bad. The advent of the telephone spurred a rise of kidnappings, the automobile made bank robberies easier, and the rise of the internet enabled international scams that prey on the elderly and tech illiterate. This is not an intrinsic property of any particular technology, it applies equally to all new innovations. We don’t view the invention of the telephone as bad, because it provided so many benefits to society. It’s important to not dismiss Bitcoin until you’ve done your own research into its current and potential future uses as the technology matures.


  • No, BTC Isla is one of many similar projects that have emerged all over the world. Some other Bitcoin community projects we know of are: