{"id":11887,"date":"2021-09-08T19:54:09","date_gmt":"2021-09-08T19:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.buyucoin.com\/crypto-labs\/salvadoran-governments-chivo-wallet-experiences-hiccups-some-residents-cant-claim-30-btc-reward\/"},"modified":"2021-09-08T19:54:09","modified_gmt":"2021-09-08T19:54:09","slug":"salvadoran-governments-chivo-wallet-experiences-hiccups-some-residents-cant-claim-30-btc-reward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.buyucoin.com\/crypto-labs\/salvadoran-governments-chivo-wallet-experiences-hiccups-some-residents-cant-claim-30-btc-reward\/","title":{"rendered":"Salvadoran Government\u2019s Chivo Wallet Experiences Hiccups, Some Residents Can\u2019t Claim $30 BTC Reward"},"content":{"rendered":"

On the day El Salvador implemented the bitcoin tender law, the official government wallet called the Chivo wallet had some initial issues for five hours on Tuesday. Residents could not leverage the application and had issues accessing the app on Apple\u2019s App Store and Google Play. The situation seems to be resolved now as Salvadoran president Nayib Bukele explained on Twitter that the Chivo wallet\u2019s \u201cmaintenance\u201d was complete.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chivo Wallet Down Five Hours for \u2018Maintenance,\u2019 Bukele Says \u2018Take It Slow,\u2019 Google Play Servers Were \u2018Saturated\u2019<\/h2>\n

El Salvador now has the U.S. dollar and bitcoin (BTC<\/a>) as the nation-state\u2019s legal tender following the implementation of the Bitcoin law on Tuesday, September 7, 2021. In addition to creating the law, Salvadoran president Nayib Bukele and his government have been buying BTC<\/a> in mass quantities and have also developed crypto infrastructure for the nation\u2019s citizens. For instance, the Salvadoran government launched the Chivo wallet<\/a> which allows users to accept bitcoin (BTC<\/a>) for goods and services.<\/p>\n

El Salvador legalized bitcoin (BTC<\/a>) in the country and the day the law went into effect, users had myriad issues with the Chivo wallet.<\/p>\n

However, on the day El Salvador implemented the bitcoin tender law, many Salvadorans had issues with the Chivo wallet. Users complained that they could not download the application via Google Play and Apple\u2019s App Store. Bukele took to Twitter telling citizens<\/a> to take it \u201cslow\u201d and that the Google Play store is \u201cthe most used store in El Salvador, so we have opened [the Chivo wallet launch] in parts and thus not saturating the servers.\u201d<\/p>\n

Chivo wallet issues also stemmed from users who did not have the right version of Samsung\u2019s Galaxy brand smartphone. Bukele added:<\/p>\n

Chivo wallet is now available in Google Play, but only for versions of the Samsung Galaxy S20 and Samsung Galaxy S21.<\/p>\n

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Number 1 App in Apple\u2019s Finance Section in El Salvador, Complaints About Not Receiving the $30 Bitcoin Gift<\/h2>\n

Bukele also exclaimed<\/a> that in El Salvador, the Chivo wallet was the \u201cnumber 1 finance app in the [Apple App Store] in just 8 hours.\u201d But immediately after Bukele tweeted that statement the complaints from Salvadorans having issues with the Chivo wallet rolled in.<\/p>\n

This resident says: \u201cI don\u2019t even get it in the Play store.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cPresident, I already downloaded and installed it,\u201d one individual wrote<\/a>. \u201cBut now that I want to open it\u2026 only this appears for me and I have had this for a long time, and it does not resolve.\u201d<\/p>\n

Many Salvadoran residents shared screenshots of the Chivo wallet verification failure.<\/p>\n

Others have been complaining that the $30 worth of free bitcoin (BTC<\/a>) that was promised was not showing up after they uploaded identification. \u201cThere are people who registered but could not take a photo of the DUI or the selfie because the system [shut down], and that $0 BTC<\/a> appears within the app, what solution is there?\u201d a Salvadoran citizen asked<\/a> the president. Another person responded to the person who said funds were not being delivered to people\u2019s wallets and said<\/a>:<\/p>\n

The same thing happened to an aunt, when she was going to take the selfie [but] the system closed and when she started again, $0 BTC<\/a> came out. Any solutions, please?<\/p>\n

All of the aforementioned comments and many more stem from a tweet from Bukele explaining that the five-hour downtime for maintenance was over. \u201cWe have finished today\u2019s maintenance of the Chivo wallet,\u201d he said<\/a>. \u201cReport any malfunction here, in the comments,\u201d the Salvadoran president added.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Bitcoin.com News downloaded the Chivo wallet this morning with no issues, and the application was installed without any errors. The free $30 is reserved for Salvadoran residents only and in order to obtain the funds, a Chivo wallet user must upload identification.<\/p>\n

What do you think about the Chivo wallet\u2019s hiccups on Tuesday? Let us know what you think about this subject in the comments section below.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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