本周，来自世界各地发展中国家的 44 位央行行长将参加在萨尔瓦多举行的会议，讨论普惠金融、中小企业融资和比特币（比特币 ).
加纳、布隆迪、约旦、马尔代夫、巴基斯坦、哥斯达黎加等国央行代表应萨尔瓦多总统纳伊布·布克勒邀请抵达圣萨尔瓦多参会。
该会议由全球政策领导联盟金融普惠联盟组织，并与萨尔瓦多中央银行合作，为期三天。在一个鸣叫 ，萨尔瓦多中央银行行长道格拉斯罗德里格斯，共享 :
“萨尔瓦多很自豪地接待了来自 44 家中央银行和金融当局的代表，以了解比特币的实施和促进普惠金融的政策。”
罗德里格斯的上司布克勒总统分享说，他正在 44 名代表中“播下种子”，同时在推特上发布了领导人的合影：
在 44 个国家播种。
— 纳伊布布克勒 (@nayibbukele)2022 年 5 月 16 日
还有3天……#比特币 对世界有好处pic.twitter.com/eOwhJZQ4RX
团队比特币海滩项目背后 也出席了会议，现场教育中央银行家。 El Zonte 的比特币海滩是比特币法的诞生地 ， 一场引领第一个国家采用比特币的草根运动。
Galoy Money 的联合创始人 Nicolas Burtey——该公司开发了 Bitcoin Beach 钱包——说：“在与那些中央银行家共度一天之后，我可以说：还有很多教育要做。”伯蒂继续说道：
“[The] 绝大多数人不知道比特币的潜力。但随着萨尔瓦多采用比特币，他们现在有理由投入其中。”
Burtey 和他的团队花了一天时间与中央银行家交谈，向他们展示如何使用比特币闪电钱包和发送付款。进展很快——事实上，如此之快，以至于伯蒂推文 : “我们无法以足够快的速度加入中央银行，无法使用 BTCBeachWallet 来#bitcoin。”
事件的照片令人难以置信，央行行长们刻意学习如何发送付款和创建钱包。
央行行长排队寻求下载和使用比特币海滩闪电钱包的帮助pic.twitter.com/CWupR1Td4K
——比特币海滩（@Bitcoinbeach）2022 年 5 月 16 日
目前全球只有两个国家承认比特币为法定货币：萨尔瓦多和最近中非共和国 ，随后被非洲央行斥责采用加密货币。
对于一些评论员来说，例如投资基金 10T 控股公司的 Dan Tapiero，他令人难忘告诉 Cointelegraph 在接受采访时表示，“我没有现金，” 萨尔瓦多的普惠金融会议意义重大。他暗示美国可能需要迎头赶上：
#比特币 ...
— 丹·塔皮耶罗 (@DTAPCAP)2022 年 5 月 17 日
有史以来第一个真正意义上的全球宏观投资...
...以萨尔瓦多为首？！
32 家中央银行，44 个国家飞往 El S。
Emg 国家领先采用。
美国第一次在金融和技术创新方面没有领先。https://t.co/XKOURSJ2SApic.twitter.com/mF8GaBezDW
尽管如此，对于铁杆比特币拥护者来说，就此事件开个玩笑的机会实在是太大了。 Gigi，一位比特币作家和比特币书籍的作者21节课，推文 “如果他们继续使用比特币，他们就不会再担任中央银行家了！”
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