Despite a three-month restriction on protests, a group of El Salvadorians comprised of leftist unions, student organisations, and others gathered at the Legislative Assembly to denounce the country’s acceptance of Bitcoin as its official currency. origin »
The banking giant points to strain on the largest network due to growing usage by El Salvadorians but fails to mention Lightning Network, which is actually being used and seeing its network capacity and the number of nodes and channels hitting new peaks continuously.
In a poll conducted by pollster Disruptiva, which is affiliated with Francisco Gavidia University, it was found that about 54% of El Salvadorians view Bitcoin adoption as “not at all correct. ” Another 24% described it as “only a little correct,” while about 20% approved of the cryptocurrency plan.