El Salvador: Razjareni protestniki požgejo bankomat za bitcoin

Salvadorski domači časnik La Prensa Gráfica (LPG) je na svojem Twitterju objavil travmatičen videoposnetek, ki prikazuje proteste proti bitcoinom, ki potekajo nasilno z gorečim Bitcoin bankomatom, ki ga je posnela publikacija.

La actividad en el centro histórico de San Salvador transcurre sin sobresaltos mientras un cajero Chivo es consumido por el fuego tras las manifestaciones contra la bitcoinización de Salvador. Video LPG/Michael Huezo. pic.twitter.com/fMPdWt7MNk

- La Prensa Gráfica (@prensagrafica) September 15, 2021

V sredo so protestniki šli na ulice Salvadorja z znaki, ki so glasili "ne diktaturi" in "ogoljufal nas je Bitcoin". Protestniki so zažgali Bitcoin bankomate, ki so bili nameščeni v začetku tega meseca namesto predvidljivega zakonitega plačilnega sredstva Bitcoin.

Anketa UCA o zakonitem razpisu za Bitcoin

V začetku tega meseca, a Anketa conducted by the Central American University (UCA), a Jesuit university based in El Salvador, unveiled that most Salvadorans are against Bitcoin (BTC) legal tender adoption in the nation. The colossal proportion constituting 67.9 percent out of the 1,281 surveyed, exhibited vigorous dissent with the use of bitcoin as a legal tender. Meanwhile, 32.1% of citizens were merely okay with the decision.

UCA’s survey results displayed immense discontent of the citizens with the upcoming BTC legal tender in El Salvador as well as their disapproval of the government’s ignorance towards the citizens’ will. According to the poll, on average, 7 out of 10, discredited the policymakers’ decision and advised to revoke the BTC legal tender law. Additionally, Salvadorans conveyed concerns regarding BTC zakonito plačilno sredstvo adoption leading to increased economic polarization in the nation.

“What we can see in this survey, in addition to this broad rejection of the implementation of bitcoin as legal tender, is that for the first time we found a significant disagreement between the population and decisions being made by the Legislative Assembly and the president,” Reuters cited the UCA dean, Andreu Oliva. “There is a lot of concern about the possible negative effects of using bitcoin,”, Oliva added.

Anketa je odpravila jezo državljanov nad avtoritarnim delovanjem vlade. Ta občutek se je okrepil v včerajšnjih protestih, ko so protestniki podvomili o avtoritativnem slogu vodenja predsednika Bukeleja, potem ko mu je državno sodstvo kljub ustavnim omejitvam odobrilo kandidaturo za drugi mandat.

»Zjutraj je pomembno reči: Dovolj! Kar počne vlada, je arogantno, to je avtoritarnost," je za Reuters povedala protestnica Dora Rivera.

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