What you said does not contradict the parent comment. Just because Bitcoin is now a thing in El Salvador it doesn't mean that that missing 70% will now starting using it.
> What you said does not contradict the parent comment. Just because Bitcoin is now a thing in El Salvador it doesn't mean that that missing 70% will now starting using it.
It was alleged this move would let percent "removing anonymity and ensur[e] the government can monitor their population effectively" [1]. Counterargument was that "normal banks already do that" [2].
That is true. But 70% of El Salvadorians don't use "normal banks." They use cash. Cash does not "ensur[e] the government can monitor its population." This Bitcoin rollout does.
So yes, an El Salvadorean using a bank to do business and switching to Bitcoin gives up no privacy. But one using cash does.