{"id":45189,"date":"2021-06-29T17:00:25","date_gmt":"2021-06-29T14:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=45189"},"modified":"2025-08-31T20:35:00","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T17:35:00","slug":"el-salvadors-president-says-bitcoin-wallet-use-is-voluntary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/el-salvadors-president-says-bitcoin-wallet-use-is-voluntary\/","title":{"rendered":"El Salvador&#8217;s president says bitcoin wallet use is voluntary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p>The Chivo Bitcoin wallet is compatible with other similar apps and will not become mandatory for use in El Salvador, according to President Nayib Bukele.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n\\n<!--more-->\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\">\n<p lang=\\\"es\\\" dir=\\\"ltr\\\">Aclarando la desinformaci\u00f3n que est\u00e1n tratando de esparcir acerca de la <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LeyBitcoin?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">#LeyBitcoin<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>1. La wallet del Gobierno solo es una de tantas wallets que se pueden usar. <\/p>\n<p>2. La <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chivowallet?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">@chivowallet<\/a> ser\u00e1 totalmente compatible con otras wallets.<\/p>\n<p>Sigue\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nayib Bukele \ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddfb (@nayibbukele) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nayibbukele\/status\/1409584377915269120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">June 28, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>According to Bukele, Chivo is one of many cryptocurrency wallets that residents may use. He added that the personal information requested by the app is already in the possession of the government.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\\\">\n<p>\u00abThe purpose of transmitting data for [wallet registration] is to prevent theft or loss of the money contained in it,\u00bb the president wrote.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>Bukele also ruled out fees on transfers and conversions in Chivo. Users will be able to cash out funds at any of the 200 Bitcoin ATMs or offline branches.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\" data-conversation=\\\"none\\\">\n<p lang=\\\"es\\\" dir=\\\"ltr\\\">5. El dinero que se tenga o se reciba (en d\u00f3lares o en bitcoin) en la <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chivowallet?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">@chivowallet<\/a> podr\u00e1 ser retirado en efectivo (en d\u00f3lares) en el momento que se desee.<\/p>\n<p>Se podr\u00e1 hacer en las sucursales f\u00edsicas que se abrir\u00e1n de Chivo y en los Cajeros Chivo.<\/p>\n<p>Esto NO tendr\u00e1 comisi\u00f3n.<\/p>\n<p>Sigue<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nayib Bukele \ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddfb (@nayibbukele) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nayibbukele\/status\/1409587435311276046?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">June 28, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Bukele announced<a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/el-salvador-to-give-each-adult-resident-30-in-bitcoin\">a $30 airdrop in the first cryptocurrency<\/a> to every adult resident of El Salvador. He said this amount cannot be converted into dollars, because the aim is to encourage the use of digital gold and Chivo.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\" data-conversation=\\\"none\\\">\n<p lang=\\\"es\\\" dir=\\\"ltr\\\">8. Los \u00fanicos <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/bitcoin?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">#bitcoin<\/a> que no pueden ser convertidos son los $30 d\u00f3lares en bitcoin que dar\u00e1 el Gobierno.<\/p>\n<p>Esos solo podr\u00e1n ser gastados.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bfPor qu\u00e9?<\/p>\n<p>Porque el prop\u00f3sito de esos $30 en <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/bitcoin?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">#bitcoin<\/a> no es regalar dinero, sino incentivar el uso de bitcoin y de la <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chivowallet?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">@chivowallet<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Sigue<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nayib Bukele \ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddfb (@nayibbukele) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nayibbukele\/status\/1409591252723568644?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">June 28, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>The bill recognizing Bitcoin as legal tender, the Salvadoran parliament <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/el-salvador-passes-bill-recognizing-bitcoin-as-legal-tender\">passed<\/a> in early June. The measure will take effect on September 7, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>The opposition <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/salvadoran-opposition-declares-bitcoin-legalisation-unconstitutional\">called unconstitutional<\/a> the legalization of digital gold.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>The initiative also did not find traction among local remittance services \u2014 only some <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/remittance-services-in-el-salvador-take-a-cautious-stance-on-bitcoin-support\">have integrated<\/a> Bitcoin support.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, the American operator of cryptocurrency ATMs Athena Bitcoin<a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/athena-to-install-1500-bitcoin-atms-in-el-salvador\">will install 1500 Bitcoin ATMs<\/a> in El Salvador.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to ForkLog news on Telegram: <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.me\/forklogfeed\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow noopener\\\">ForkLog Feed<\/a> \u2014 the full news stream, <a href=\\\"https:\/\/telegram.me\/forklog\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow noopener\\\">ForkLog<\/a> \u2014 the most important news, infographics and opinions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chivo Bitcoin wallet is compatible with other similar apps and will not become mandatory for use in El Salvador, according to President Nayib Bukele.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":45190,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[18,1278],"class_list":["post-45189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-bitcoin","tag-el-salvador"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"25","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45189"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45189\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45191,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45189\/revisions\/45191"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}