So (a) it's not a sleight of hand by the article, and (b) Welcome to HN (and almost every other discussion forum), where the commentary almost always has nothing to do with the article and has everything to do with pet peeves of the commenters related to the topic of the article.
Just the headline is tough, but "Salvadorans try out bitcoin[0], but shy away from government's Chivo software." The issue is that it's two different stories that are related, but not that strongly.
[0] Assuming it's true, as a sibling comment says, that 70% of people have done something with it and 11% are using it for something.
A bitcoin wallet is generally meant to denote a wallet that contains bitcoin. Chivo is not a wallet for bitcoin. It is a 'wallet' that gives you proper authentication to trade on a lightning network. The actual bitcoin, and as is my understanding even the lightning wallet, is in custody of a more centralized location.
Calling Chivo app a 'bitcoin wallet' is an intentionally misrepresentation, if not by the confused writer of the article then of the government that confused the person writing it.
These people didn't 'ditch' a bitcoin wallet, or at least not the one mentioned, because Chivo never was one.
thaway2839|3 years ago
Armisael16|3 years ago
mattkrause|3 years ago
[0] Assuming it's true, as a sibling comment says, that 70% of people have done something with it and 11% are using it for something.
notch656a|3 years ago
Calling Chivo app a 'bitcoin wallet' is an intentionally misrepresentation, if not by the confused writer of the article then of the government that confused the person writing it.
These people didn't 'ditch' a bitcoin wallet, or at least not the one mentioned, because Chivo never was one.