Bitcoiners love narratives. The problem is when narratives outrun reality by about twelve months and a million dollars. El Salvador has been the  story in Bitcoin citizenship circles since Bukele dropped the legal tender bomb at Bitcoin 2021 in Miami. And now, with the Freedom Visa program live and processing applicants, there's a real product to evaluate, not just a speech clip. This post breaks down what El Salvador's Freedom Visa actually offers, where the cracks are, and