President of El Salvador Nayib Bukele wamemezela umnikelo 2 bitcoins, elinganiselwa cishe ku- $ 133,000, ukusekela isinyathelo sokwakha izikole ze-1,000 eHonduras. Lesi sinqumo sihambisana neqhinga lamanje likahulumeni waseSalvador, oye wathenga i-bitcoin eyodwa nsuku zonke kusukela ngoMashi 16, 2024.
El Salvador waba izwe lokuqala ukuqaphela ngokusemthethweni bitcoin njengoba ithenda zomthetho ngo-September 7, 2021. Njengengxenye yale nqubomgomo, ipulatifomu yombuso we-Chivo Wallet yasungulwa, futhi izakhamuzi zanikezwa ibhonasi ye-$ 30 kuma-bitcoins ngokuyifaka.
El Salvador futhi ngenkuthalo wahlanganyela bitcoin izimayini usebenzisa amandla geothermal kusukela izintaba-mlilo zayo, futhi kuze kube manje, uhulumeni wezwe ubambe 5,913 bitcoins.
Umnikelo wakamuva wokwakhiwa kwesikole eHonduras ubonisa ukuthi i-El Salvador isebenzisa kanjani izinqolobane zayo ze-bitcoin zokuthuthukiswa kwesifunda nosizo lwabantu.