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Re: Cuban government stance on Bitcoin, blockchain and cryptocurrencies.
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olemis
on 02/06/2019, 01:45:10 UTC
Quote from: kamBlanV on June 01, 2019, 10:47:43 PM
I think Cuba is still far from the world of technology.  they are still have trouble for accessing the internet.

Cuba , as a country at macro scale , yes . Cubans as individuals , no . Gray areas ...

  • Cuba can't connect to oceanic fiber cables due to US embargo
  • Cuba can't access mainstream financial mechanisms
  • State-run technology sector is decades behind worldwide state of the art
  • regulators are not familiar with new tech
  • ... more ...

Some recent facts :

  • 3G launched recently
  • Tests for 4G are ongoing
  • There is a new policy regulating mesh networks , formerly illegal
  • Infrastructure deployed (mainly) by Huawei
  • The President is graduated from Electronics Engineering at UCLV , best university in the country for telecomm / informatics (IMO)
  • Cuba is located in one of the regions with highest density of oceanic fiber cables
  • Russia and China (intl partners of Cuba) are developing their own independent intl. financial services, some powered by blockchain
  • there are numbers of young people, completely organized communities, who are catching up very quicky
  • ... more ...

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Board Bitcoin Discussion
Re: Cuban government stance on Bitcoin, blockchain and cryptocurrencies.
by
olemis
on 01/06/2019, 18:26:28 UTC
Quote from: Micerker on June 01, 2019, 06:19:55 PM
Quote from: Beerwizzard on May 27, 2019, 04:48:15 PM
Quote from: Carollzinha on May 27, 2019, 02:31:37 PM
That was the only crypto news I remember reading about Cuba
"December 6, 2018, will be a major milestone for the history of Cuba. It will be the first time that residents are able to access the internet on their mobile devices. This could potentially let Cubans embrace crypto. With the news still breaking, no exchange has made a push to access the region. However, it is presumed that there will not be any firewall restrictions.
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Now we now that they can have cryptocurrencies lol. It would be nice if after the next step people in Cuba would get access to money. Why should anyone bother about this country? There is no projects there and even most people in Cuba are not wealthy enough to own any amount of money that can make an influence on crypto market.
[/quoteYour judgment is completely wrong when commenting on this. Everyone can own Cryptocurrency with the money they have. You cannot own 1 Bitcoin, but you can own 0.1 BTC with the money you have. Your judgment is wrong to say that Cuban people are not rich enough to own Crypto.

It seems you are not well informed . See https://slides.cuban.tech/skycoin.intro.html #MadeInCuba by Cuban Skycoin committers .
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Board Bitcoin Discussion
Re: Cuban government stance on Bitcoin, blockchain and cryptocurrencies.
by
olemis
on 01/06/2019, 18:16:27 UTC
Quote from: Languett89 on May 27, 2019, 11:24:19 AM
Dear community,

Would anyone have informations, press releases or official statements from Cuba (Government or newspaper or experts) on the status of legality of our beloved ecosystem on the island?

Feel free to post links even if in spanish.
Any links to Cuban crypto communities also.

Any types of informations regarding Cuban communities and/or legal status (regulated, unregulated or banned)

Thank you

Hello!

If you want to know about what's been happening regarding blockchain technologies (including cryptocurrencies) , please take a look at the work of The CubanTech Group and their meetups . We've been offering meetups since December 2016 about all kinds of technologies , including blockchain . I will not advertise too much since I am a member . Hence feel free to consider my opinion as a bit biased .

Besides among us there are committers and core devs of some crypto projects (including Skycoin since Nov 2017) and community managers. For further details see :

https://twitter.com/TheCubanTech
https://facebook.com/TheCubanTech
https://github.com/simelo
https://github.com/skycoin
https://twitter.com/SimeloTech
http://meetup.cuban.tech
http://blockstack.cuban.tech

My (not up-to-date) Linkedin profile : https://www.linkedin.com/in/olemis

This is not related to government . We are mostly freelancer with work permits and license (a.k.a trabajador por cuenta propia) .

If you plan to travel to Cuba , contact us in advance . Let's meet up !