Chronicle: Bitcoin progresses slowly among the SMEs of El Salvador

"Every minute is downloaded by 180 new users," said President Nayib Bukele on his Twitter account.

In its two years of government, the adoption of Bitcoin has been one of its most controversial decisions and the first that, despite its high levels of popularity, has not been well received by the population, according to several surveys.

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In the center of the Salvadoran capital, San Salvador, the vendors who have dared to take the step and receive payments in the cryptocurrency can still have the fingers of the hands, at least those who do it with a visible sign.

Walter Gutiérrez is one of them.The poster with the Bitcoin logo that has placed in its small business on Rubén Darío Street stands out among the thousands of items that are marketed in informal sales placed along this road, one of the busiest in the capital.

"I started a few days ago.I was thinking about how to move more money in the business and this occurred to me, "he says while pointing out the sign that he printed in a nearby cybercafé."No one wanted to encourage, because some have distrust, doubts, fears...Then I said: 'I'm going to make history, I'm going to be the first seller at Rubén Darío in accepting Bitcoin', "says this merchant for hardware stores.

Walter states that making goat transactions is easy.When Bitcoin receives in the app makes the conversion to dollars to invest in products for their business, since their suppliers still do not accept Bitcoin.