Durante más de dos años en Berlín, un pequeño distrito en la parte oriental de El Salvador, entusiastas de Bitcoin han creado un centro de aprendizaje y han proporcionado apoyo técnico a los propietarios de unas 200 empresas y empresarios sobre el uso de la criptodivisa, que actualmente tiene un valor de unos 115.000 dólares.

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In Berlin, a small town in El Salvador, locals continue to trade and use Bitcoin, even as the national government has made its acceptance voluntary for private parties and limited public sector involvement. The town has established a cryptocurrency learning center, supporting over 200 businesses and educating more than 500 students on digital currency as an alternative financial system. 

Despite the government's ongoing accumulation of Bitcoin reserves, concerns remain about the lack of broader educational efforts and the limited impact on the general population. A recent survey indicated that most Salvadorans do not see cryptocurrency as beneficial to their family's wealth, suggesting that Berlin's enthusiastic adoption of Bitcoin is not widely shared across the country.

Un pueblo salvadoreño mantiene la fe en Bitcoin pese a la volatilidad del mercado

En lo alto de una de las cordilleras cafetaleras de El Salvador, los granos y el Bitcoin se negociados. Los entusiastas de las criptomonedas en Berlín, al este del país centroamericano, están disfrutando de los beneficios de la subida de la moneda a niveles récord, actualmente en torno a los 115.000 dólares. Marta Navarro, vendedora del mercado local, es una de las afortunadas. Dejé el dinero allí y lo dejé trabajar. Lo dejaba allí, y de repente miraba y lo miraba. A veces subía, a veces bajaba. De repente, vi que había ganado bastante. Así que es muy agradable, porque cuando tienes suficiente dinero, ves el beneficio cuando sube. En septiembre de 2021, El Salvador se convirtió en el primer país del mundo en hacer Bitcoin moneda de curso legal junto con el dólar estadounidense. Sin embargo, en enero, el gobierno del presidente Nayib Bukele modificó la ley como parte de una acuerdo con el Fondo Monetario Internacional para obtener 1.400 millones de dólares de financiación. Eso hizo que la aceptación de Bitcoin fuera voluntaria para las partes privadas, y limitó el sector público la participación en cryptocurrency. Sin embargo, Berlín es uno de los lugares que está adoptando la idea. Hace más de dos años, la pequeña comunidad de unas 20.000 personas creó una criptomoneda centro de aprendizaje para ofrecer apoyo técnico a los propietarios de unas 200 empresas y empresarios. Dicen que han educado a más de 500 estudiantes sobre Bitcoin como una alternativa a las finanzas y afirman que los turistas extranjeros y la población local realizan transacciones en moneda digital con regularidad. Gail Weisenberg, propietaria de un hostal francés en Berlín, afirma que ha experimentado un cambio en actitud. Creo que quien vive en Berlín ahora vive en dólares estadounidenses y en Bitcoin estándar, pero Creo que hay más gente en el estándar Bitcoin. Pero Quentin Ehrenmann, un ciudadano francés que trabaja con una organización no gubernamental, MyFirstBitcoin, está preocupado por el cambio de la ley. Desde que el gobierno entró en este contrato con el FMI, Bitcoin ya no es de curso legal y no hemos visto ningún otro esfuerzo para educar a la gente. El gobierno aparentemente sigue acumulando Bitcoin, lo cual es beneficioso para el gobierno. No es directamente bueno para la gente. El gobierno dice que ha seguido aumentando sus reservas hasta alcanzar un total de 6.246 Bitcoins, por valor de más de 700 millones de dólares. Y el FMI dijo el jueves que las tenencias de cripto de El Salvador siguen siendo coherentes con los compromisos que el país hizo a principios de este año. Pero la entusiasta adopción de Bitcoin por parte de Berlín podría seguir siendo una excepción. Una encuesta realizada en 2024 por la Universidad Jesuita Centroamericana mostró que el 80% de los salvadoreños creía que las criptomonedas ayudaban poco o nada al patrimonio de sus familias.

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