Jure Pirc: We Promote Bitcoin And Blockchain For Common Users In Slovenia To Make Government Adopt It

By November 26, 2015Bitcoin Business

Jure Pirc is the chairman of Bitcoin CT r: 5 Association Slovenia, a non-profit organization engaged in raising people’s awareness on Bitcoin and Blockchain technologies. Slovenia isn’t closed for Bitcoin and Blockchain but the government still treats those innovations suspiciously. The main reason for this is a lack of awareness about these technologies. In the following interview Pirc told CoinTelegraph about the problems in the Slovenian crypto market and the ways the Bitcoin Association tries to deal with them. CT: How exactly does the Bitcoin Association plan to promote Bitcoin in Slovenia? Jure Pirc: First of all we want to promote Bitcoin – both as currency and as technology – to the common population of our country and then, further on, to our government . I think this is the best option as Slovenia is a small country with about 2, 000 000 inhabitants. If, for example, 100, 000 people would have Bitcoin wallets with, at least, a couple of satoshis on them, the government will have no choice but adopt it. Officials will adopt Bitcoin after they see people using it. Then – and only then – they will start communicating with us and raising their own awareness about Bitcoin . For now, we’ve involved about 9 to 10 thousand people into using Bitcoin. Our government is a closed circuit so you can’t just call them and ask for a meeting on Blockchain. In fact, if you are not close to the decision makers, there’s no way to implement Blockchain technology . Only people can persuade them to look into it seriously. CT: And what about the banks? Are they friendly to Bitcoin entrepreneurs? JP: They are definitely not. If you try to open a business account saying you are a Bitcoin company, the banks will probably refuse […]

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