Chivo Wallet
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Chivo Wallet is El Salvador’s government-backed digital wallet app created to facilitate everyday use of Bitcoin and U.S. dollars following the country’s adoption of Bitcoin as legal tender.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Chivo Wallet canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2557990 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Chivo Wallet Context triple: [Bitcoin Law in El Salvador, relatedProgram, Chivo Wallet]
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A.
Chivo
Chivo is the nickname of Emmanuel Lubezki, the acclaimed Mexican cinematographer renowned for his innovative, immersive long-take visual style and multiple Academy Awards.
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B.
Girobank
Girobank was a British state-owned financial institution that provided banking and giro transfer services, originally established and run through the national postal system.
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C.
Crypto.com
Crypto.com is a cryptocurrency exchange and financial services platform known for its trading app, crypto Visa cards, and high-profile sports and entertainment sponsorships.
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D.
Apple Card
Apple Card is a digital-first credit card created by Apple and issued by Goldman Sachs, designed for use with Apple Pay and the Apple Wallet app, offering daily cash-back rewards and strong privacy features.
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E.
MobilePay
MobilePay is a popular Nordic mobile payment app that allows users to send and receive money, pay in stores and online, and manage everyday transactions via their smartphones.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Chivo Wallet Target entity description: Chivo Wallet is El Salvador’s government-backed digital wallet app created to facilitate everyday use of Bitcoin and U.S. dollars following the country’s adoption of Bitcoin as legal tender.
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A.
Chivo
Chivo is the nickname of Emmanuel Lubezki, the acclaimed Mexican cinematographer renowned for his innovative, immersive long-take visual style and multiple Academy Awards.
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B.
Girobank
Girobank was a British state-owned financial institution that provided banking and giro transfer services, originally established and run through the national postal system.
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C.
Crypto.com
Crypto.com is a cryptocurrency exchange and financial services platform known for its trading app, crypto Visa cards, and high-profile sports and entertainment sponsorships.
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D.
Apple Card
Apple Card is a digital-first credit card created by Apple and issued by Goldman Sachs, designed for use with Apple Pay and the Apple Wallet app, offering daily cash-back rewards and strong privacy features.
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E.
MobilePay
MobilePay is a popular Nordic mobile payment app that allows users to send and receive money, pay in stores and online, and manage everyday transactions via their smartphones.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cryptocurrency wallet
ⓘ
digital wallet ⓘ mobile payment application ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Nayib Bukele ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | adoption of Bitcoin as legal tender in El Salvador ⓘ |
| backing | state-backed ⓘ |
| businessModel | state-subsidized payment infrastructure ⓘ |
| category |
El Salvador government program
ⓘ
cryptocurrency in El Salvador ⓘ mobile wallets ⓘ |
| country | El Salvador ⓘ |
| developer | Government of El Salvador ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
ATM cash withdrawal support
ⓘ
Bitcoin to USD conversion ⓘ USD to Bitcoin conversion ⓘ merchant payments ⓘ peer-to-peer payments ⓘ |
| hasNameInLanguage | Chivo ⓘ |
| hasType | government-backed fintech application ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | San Salvador ⓘ |
| inception | 2021 ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
El Salvador
ⓘ
surface form:
Republic of El Salvador
|
| language | Spanish ⓘ |
| launchDate | 2021-09-07 ⓘ |
| legalContext | Bitcoin legal tender in El Salvador ⓘ |
| mainUsageRegion | El Salvador ⓘ |
| notableFor | first nationwide government Bitcoin wallet rollout ⓘ |
| operator | Government of El Salvador ⓘ |
| paymentNetwork |
Lightning Network
ⓘ
surface form:
Bitcoin Lightning Network
Bitcoin ⓘ
surface form:
Bitcoin main chain
|
| platform |
Android
ⓘ
iOS ⓘ |
| purpose |
enable digital payments in U.S. dollars in El Salvador
ⓘ
facilitate everyday use of Bitcoin in El Salvador ⓘ |
| regulatoryStatus | official government wallet for Bitcoin in El Salvador ⓘ |
| requires |
internet connection
ⓘ
mobile phone ⓘ |
| securityModel | custodial wallet ⓘ |
| serviceArea |
remittances
ⓘ
retail payments ⓘ |
| supportedCurrency |
Bitcoin
ⓘ
US dollar ⓘ
surface form:
United States dollar
|
| supports |
QR code payments
ⓘ
point-of-sale payments ⓘ |
| targetUserGroup |
Salvadoran diaspora
ⓘ
residents of El Salvador ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Chivo Wallet Description of subject: Chivo Wallet is El Salvador’s government-backed digital wallet app created to facilitate everyday use of Bitcoin and U.S. dollars following the country’s adoption of Bitcoin as legal tender.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Bitcoin Trust (El Salvador)