María, Salvadoran whose history shows that Bitcoin is worth more than the IMF and governments

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By Berto R

  • Save in Satoshis for 8 years, guided by your child, to build future without institutional limit.

  • With Bitcoin, he sends instant remittances to El Salvador, strengthening family ties at no cost.

In the quiet murmur of the hall of an American hotel in the Hampton Inn chain, Maria bends a towel with the accuracy of who is already 18 years old in that task. He has firm hands and accelerated heart because, with the savings he has in his digital portfolio, he is about to reach a complete bitcoin.

Maria’s story impacts X. The absolut_wistered user claims to have known her. This is «an incredible woman,» he says; «A 48 -year -old Salvadoran whose life has been transformed not for years of hard work, but by A single revolutionary idea: Bitcoin«He adds.

We could say that this is the story of a common domestic employee, but the truth is that it is not. Maria is a being that has evolved; It does not reflect to be the stereotype of the typical Latin that emigrates to the United States.

Its history challenges the conventional narratives associated with immigrant women in Latin America, often reduced to silent sacrifice roles, low remuneration work and Dependency of traditional financial systems.

It is said that for 18 years, Maria worked as a domestic employee, winning a modest salary while breastfeeding her son in a world where the financial system seemed to always be playing against him. But today she is changing everything with movements, perhaps imperceptible to humanity, but that actually symbolizes much more than wealth.

Maria’s trip to Bitcoin began eight years ago, driven by her son, a self -proclaimed maximalist of the pioneer digital currency, who saw in the invention of Satoshi Nakamoto a path to freedom for her mother. «He told me: ‘Mom, don’t save dollars. Save in Bitcoin, ‘”recalls María.

She began to collect her payrolls through Strike, a Bitcoin payments platform, turning her profits into BTC. He probably felt strange at the beginning, but sealed his faith in the digital currency at a time when he discovered magic.

One night, Maria sent a small amount of BTC to her sister in El Salvador. Without banks, without commissions, without delays, only some touches on your phone, and the transaction was completed. «It was like sending love,» he said, according to Wisted.

His astonishment was understandable, since for years Salvadorans could only count on various services, high commissions and long waiting, to send their remittances. Doing it with Bitcoin was like a revelation for Maria because from that moment he knew that he would never have to ask others to send the funds he wanted, whom he wanted.

Maria is in the small percentage of people who use digital wallets for sending remittances to El Salvador. Source: BCR.

Bitcoin is not only money, it’s also power

Its history is also a demonstration that Bitcoin has more value than the International Monetary Fund and the Government. It is due to the fact that, during her eight years of savings in Bitcoin, Maria remained impassive in the face of changes in the policies of the Government of El Salvador. This adopted BTC as legal tender in 2021 and promoted its use among citizens. Even when the government recently modified its legislation on Bitcoin after a loan agreement with the IMF, Maria’s concentration remained firm.

Today, with his achievements, it is easy to deduce that he does not care about what the government does because He knows that Bitcoin does not depend on what the states do nor its leaders. He also knows that what he has in Bitcoin is his absolute property and is part of his stability, one that has nothing to do with the agreements that El Salvador held with the IMF.

In fact, its indifference to the policies of the Government of El Salvador or the agreements with the IMF reflects an empowered position, rejecting the passive role that is often attributed to immigrant women. Instead of settlement with banks or government solutions, Maria finds autonomy in Bitcoinusing it to send instant remittances and without commissions to her sister in El Salvador, an act that she describes as «send love.»

Its history is not about victimism or assimilation to American dream through conventional paths such as stable or mortgage works. Instead, he maintains his Salvadoran identity, Taking advantage of Bitcoin’s global scope to stay connected to its roots. Maria’s disposition to learn from her son and her proactive approach to financial freedom definitely challenges the stereotyped image of Latin immigrants as simple suppliers or victims of systemic difficulties, making it a symbol of resilience and reinvention.

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