Venezuela Seeks Miners for the Petro – Maduro Claims 860,811 Already Signed Up
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Venezuelan Miners Wanted
Venezuela has opened up the Registry of Cryptocurrency Miners for anyone with national identification to sign up to mine the country’s cryptocurrency, the Petro. The portal, launched by the Superintendence of Cryptocurrencies and Related Activities, will remain open until January 21.![Venezuela Seeks Miners for the Petro - Maduro Claims 860,811 Already Signed Up Venezuela Seeks Miners for the Petro - Maduro Claims 860,811 Already Signed Up](https://news.bitcoin.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/registration-page1-300x122.png)
Natural or legal persons registered in the Registry will be able to acquire other types of cryptocurrencies for free use and demand in Venezuela, as long as they are authorized.
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860,000+ Have Signed Up
Since the announcement of the Petro, Maduro claims to have been recruiting young people across his country to develop mining farms for the Petro. He was quoted by El Universal:We are going to call them a special cryptocurrency team…[They will] set up cryptocurrency mining farms in all states and municipalities of the country.
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Do you think Venezuela will be mining real cryptocurrency? What do you think of the Petro? Let us know in the comments section below.The cryptocurrency market in the world is not managed by governments, and its credibility and success are based on trust, something that does not exist in Venezuela.
Images courtesy of the Venezuelan government and Reuters.
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