McAfee proposes to Cuba to develop its cryptocurrency, to circumvent American sanctions

Mister McAfee has found a new way to make himself useful

The famous McAfee is a volunteer to endow the Caribbean island state with its own cryptocurrency, in order to get rid of the US economic embargo. 

The whimsical computer scientist and founder of the eponymous software, John McAfee, flees like the plague in the United States, where he did not pay taxes for eight years. However, he has applied for the presidential elections of 2020, to the point of having created an official website. The seventy-year-old this time with the idea of ​​helping ... Cuba, embargoed by Washington since 1962. On the spot, he wants to contribute - free - to the creation of a national cryptocurrency.

Cuba sees the virtual currency as a way to fight US stocks

With John McAfee, the ads are less and less amazing, but the character has the merit of talking about him. The cybersecurity expert expressed his willingness, in an interview relayed by our colleagues from Reuters, to work with the Cuban government as a special advisor in cryptocurrency. 

The idea of ​​the entrepreneur is to give life to the desire of the island state authorities to develop its own cryptocurrency, with the aim of circumventing US economic sanctions, which only crystallize tensions between the two countries...

McAfee wants to equip Cuba with a cryptocurrency that matches the values ​​of the country

For John McAfee, the Cuba project is as simple as it is viable. "  Cuba is planning the use of a cryptocurrency to circumvent 63 years of economic suffocation imposed on 14 million Cubans by the madness of the US government. [...] If Cuba wants my help, I'm here,  "he solemnly wrote on the social network Twitter. 

Also for commercial purposes, Venezuela had tried the virtual currency experiment, but the latter never managed to make a hole. McAfee intends to provide Cuba with a cryptocurrency that will adapt to the reality of the country and its values. "  You must base yourself on the appropriate blockchain, structure it to meet the specific needs of a country or country. Said the American. 

For the moment, Cuba has not yet officially responded to the interest of the sour McAfee, which navigates in its waters and on its yacht in total contradiction with the American laws.