Glitches still plague bitcoin rollout in El Salvador

A newspaper vendor shows the front page of a state-run newspaper carrying the headline 'Bitcoin Day' in San Salvador, El Salvador, Tuesday, Sept 7, 2021. Starting Tuesday, all businesses will have to accept payments in Bitcoin, except those lacking the technology to do so, according to a law approved by the congress. — AP

SAN SALVADOR: Salvadorans trying to pay for a cup of coffee or receive money sent from relatives in the United States using the cryptocurrency bitcoin continued struggling to perform transactions Wednesday, a day after El Salvador made it legal tender.

Problems still plagued the digital wallet Chivo.