> Bukele said the country is partnering with digital wallet company, Strike, to build modern financial infrastructure using bitcoin technology.
Wow, this seems like an incredibly shitty situation for the people of El Salvador. It looks like some lobbyists got hired by a wallet company stacked with angel investors willing to pour money into the idea of being integrated into the government at such a low level. I wouldn't be surprised if they also announced that all transactions will be forced to go through a wrapper or other type of layer, maybe even justified with the classic "think of the coal" argument...
Wow, this seems like an incredibly shitty situation for the people of El Salvador. It looks like some lobbyists got hired by a wallet company stacked with angel investors willing to pour money into the idea of being integrated into the government at such a low level. I wouldn't be surprised if they also announced that all transactions will be forced to go through a wrapper or other type of layer, maybe even justified with the classic "think of the coal" argument...