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After starting the pre-sale of the Venezuelan cryptocurrency, El Petro, the influx of users to its web portal has increased by 500 percent, said on Tuesday the Minister for University Education, Science and Technology, Hugbel Roa.
In his Twitter account, the official said that the traffic of queries to the page (http://elpetro.gob.ve) quintupled after the global announcement made by the vice president of Venezuela, Tareck El Aissami, at midnight on Tuesday.
#20Feb | El tráfico de consultas al portal web https://t.co/jhP5zRf57J se quintuplicó con el anuncio mundial de la preventa del criptoactivo venezolano #ElPetro #AlFuturoConElPetro @NicolasMaduro @TareckPSUV @SupCarlosV @SupCriptoVe @Mppeuct @blockchain_ve pic.twitter.com/casXisrCGe
— Hugbel Roa (@hugbelpsuv) February 20, 2018
The cryptocurrency, El Petro, was created by the Venezuelan Government to face the current financial blockade against Venezuela, encourage foreign investment and create a new system for the payment of goods and services. They will create 100 million virtual currencies without extra emissions.
"The Petro stands as a novel initiative of the Bolivarian Government, led by President Nicolás Maduro, a liberating mechanism inspired by the genius of Commander Hugo Chávez," El Aissami said in his speech.
A diferencia de las más de 1.500 criptomonedas existentes a nivel mundial, #ElPetro es la única que tiene sustento físico al estar respaldada con 5.342 millones de barriles del campo 1 del Bloque Ayacucho de la Faja Petrolífera del Orinoco #AlFuturoConElPetro @NicolasMaduro pic.twitter.com/jDZLmAffFw
— Hugbel Roa (@hugbelpsuv) February 20, 2018
The website has a manual available in several languages for its acquisition and commercialization, with specifications for legal and natural persons to access the cryptocurrency, as well as those from abroad.
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