El Salvador Leads the Way: 80,000 Public Servants to Receive Bitcoin Certification
El Salvador’s official Bitcoin office will provide certificates to 80,000 citizens.
El Salvador is a Bitcoin bull country, which officially adopted Bitcoin as legal tender in September 2021. Currently, this country holds a total of 5,848.76 BTC to date. The country has been buying 1 BTC per day to increase the Bitcoin balance in its treasury funds.
On 20 Aug 2024, El Salvador’s National Bitcoin Office announced that it will soon start offering Bitcoin training and certification to 80,000 civil servants. Additionally, open-source Bitcoin courses, Mi Primer Bitcoin and Node Nation, will be introduced in public schools.
With this initiative, the El Salvador government aims to increase Bitcoin education and adoption among its citizens.
El Salvador & Bitcoin Mining
With the Bitcoin adoption decision, this country also started working on renewable energy-based power plant establishment and Bitcoin mining. To date, El Salvador has mined a total of 474 BTC.
Recently, the El Salvador president said that they are only achieving this success with the simple recycling of water vapour.
El Salvador’s Bitcoin Bank Plan
Just months ago, we reported that El Salvador government agencies decided to establish a Bitcoin bank system.
The country proposed the ambitious plan to establish a Bitcoin bank with the initiative to increase financial inclusion by providing banking services powered by Bitcoin, further solidifying El Salvador’s commitment to becoming a global leader in cryptocurrency adoption.
