For a while now people were skeptical about the Petro network and questioned whether or not it even existed. Many Venezuelan citizens explained over the last few months that they hadn’t seen the new asset being used in the wild. However, recent reports detail that there are a few new methods available for residents who want to obtain the Venezuelan government issued .
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The Venezuelan Petro: A ‘Bad Copy of Dash’ With an Alleged Money Laundering Mechanism
Over the last six months, there’s been a lot of discussion about the new Venezuelan called petro, a digital asset introduced to the world by the country’s president Nicolas Maduro. The creation of the Petro network was confusing, to say the least, as it was initially thought to be an -based .
Following the initial announcement, the platform was allegedly based on the NEM network, but in October 2018 it was finally revealed that petro was a copy of the Dash protocol. A recent document published on Steemit on Feb. 22, details that the reproduced Dash chain was “a very bad copy.” Moreover, an independent investigation details that there’s a programmed into the Petro protocol.
“[There’s a] money laundering mechanism for government officials and this is why the US government blocked the petro,” post and other . Alongside this, a well documented 4-page of the Petro written by a Latin American investment house shows serious signs of money laundering using US dollars and other irregularities. The firm listed at least eight signs of money laundering practices. The report concludes that there is “conclusive evidence” reflected in the technical research of the existence of and fraud.
Purchasing Petro With Crypto and Paying in Person at Sunacrip’s Headquarters With Bolivars Requires Identification
Further, Maduro’s regime has created a platform that exchanges core () and (LTC) for petro. The author of the investigative disclosure details that the government platform is also a “bad copy of Uphold,” a legitimate platform based in the UK. In order for a citizen to obtain petros they must have a political card issued from the government. Besides obtaining petros with LTC and , Venezuelan citizens can purchase the digital currency with bolivars at the National Superintendency of Crypto Assets and Related Activities (Sunacrip) offices located in Caracas, but personal data is required explains the petro analysis.
The state-issued “Official Gazette Number 41.575” seemingly puts Sunacrip in charge of the and taxation of digital currency remittances. Venezuelans say that Sunacrip’s minimum commission is roughly “0.25 euros per transaction”
“[The Petro network] marks a milestone in economic history in the world, as it is the first digital and sovereign Currency. It has been issued by the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela with real support in wealth and commensurate goods,” explains the Sunacrip website.
“Sunacrip is promoting a remittance exchange platform using — I believe that its main objective is the collection of taxes in , for that a Law was approved in the ANC (National Assembly Madurista) where what stands out is the collection of taxes in [],” explains Peroza. “In my opinion, it will be a failure.”
The price of petro is established by the government’s official exchange Dicom and Peroza believes it the only covert way to “officially devalue” the sovereign bolivar. So far, president Maduro has been criticized for raising the value of the petro in two instances and the current price is roughly 14,665,500 bolivars ($59).
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Published at Tue, 26 Feb 2019 04:07:21 +0000
