V Salvadorju se odpre Bitcoin izobraževalni center

Salvador – prva država, ki je Bitcoin postala zakonito plačilno sredstvo – je zdaj dom Bitcoin izobraževalnega centra. Njegov cilj je povečati seznanjenost s tehnologijo in prednostmi kriptovalute med prebivalstvom, ki se še vedno praska po glavi.

Izobraževanje Salvadorja

The new center has been začela by Paxful – a peer-to-peer Bitcoin marketplace – under the name “La Casa Del Bitcoin”. It will provide “free and accessible learning opportunities” surrounding Bitcoin while helping the population learn its use-cases through various events and meetups.

While the Bitcoin community was ecstatic over El Salvador’s Bitcoin law announced in June, the Salvadoran population was not. Large anti-Bukele demonstrations took place in the months leading up to the law’s implementation, largely nasprotno Bitcoin’s use as a currency.

Zdi se, da to nasprotovanje spodbuja pomanjkanje izobrazbe o Bitcoinu. A Raziskava lani je pokazalo, da medtem ko je 7 od 10 Salvadorcev nasprotovalo zakonu, jih je 9 od 10 prav tako slabo ali neobstoječe razumelo premoženje.

Vendar bi se lahko koristi kriptovalute izkazale za neverjetno močne. Predsednik Nayib Bukele na primer ocenjuje, da bi država lahko prihranila 400 milijonov dolarjev z uporabo Bitcoin namesto Western Uniona za plačila nakazil v ZDA.

O meni 70% of the population receives remittances, which are responsible for nearly a četrtletje of El Salvador’s GDP. In fact, an MP from Tonga – another remittance-dependent nation – wants to Znamka the cryptocurrency legal tender for the same reason.

"Ni skrivnost, da Bitcoin kroji prihodnost financ v Salvadorju in širše," je dejal Ray Youssef, soustanovitelj in izvršni direktor Paxfula. "Izobraževanje je še naprej ključno gonilo globalnega sprejemanja bitcoinov in ta novi center predstavlja njegov pomen za ustvarjanje vključujočega finančnega sistema."

Osredotočenost na mala podjetja

Though the Bitcoin law’s text suggested that Bitcoin acceptance by businesses is mandatory, only a small number of Salvadoran shops accept it in practice. Alexandra Dumitru – a cryptocurrency consultant living in El Salvador – pravi the practice is still mostly reserved for Starbucks, McDonald’s, and other large companies “that have tech teams to implement it.”

Kot odgovor bo Paxfulov center bolj osredotočen na pomoč malim trgovcem in podjetjem, da se vključijo v omrežje.

Last month, the IMF se imenuje on El Salvador to remove Bitcoin as legal tender, citing potential threats to economic stability. Nevertheless, it also admits that the nation has seen a strong post-pandemic economic recovery despite the Bitcoin law.