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Outdoors in a public beachfront space at Playa El Zonte (Bitcoin Beach), opened by El Salvador’s Ministry of Public Works with showers, water stations and a calisthenics area. Hours and fees are not published. Source: El Salvador in English (13 Apr 2025)
Who's behind it
Unveiled by Tether and Plan ₿; installed as part of a public space built by El Salvador’s Ministry of Public Works. Who paid for the statue has not been confirmed. Source: ChainCatcher
Part of Valentina Picozzi’s 21 Nodes series of Satoshi statues. See all 21 Nodes →
About
Located in the famous Bitcoin Beach community that helped inspire El Salvador’s Bitcoin adoption. It was first shown at Museo MARTE in San Salvador around 1 Feb 2025, then moved to El Zonte in April 2025 as part of a new public space opened by the Ministry of Public Works.
First presented at Museo MARTE in San Salvador around 1 Feb 2025 (Satoshigallery post of 1 Feb, tied to the Plan ₿ Forum El Salvador on 30–31 Jan 2025). It then moved to Bitcoin Beach, opening with a new public space on 12–13 Apr 2025.Sources: Journal du Coin (Feb 2025)ChainCatcherEl Salvador in English (13 Apr 2025)
Commissioned by
Reported ChainCatcher reports that Tether and Plan ₿ unveiled it as the series' second statue, and it was installed as part of a public space built by El Salvador's Ministry of Public Works. Who paid for it has not been confirmed.Sources: ChainCatcherEl Salvador in English (13 Apr 2025)
What the design means
Satoshigallery says it gives the viewer "this feeling of disappearance… the inventor is between the lines". The seated figure with a computer on its knees honours all developers, and standing behind it, the viewer "becomes Satoshi". It is engraved "We are all Satoshi" and pays tribute to El Zonte's role as Bitcoin Beach.Sources: Journal du Coin (Feb 2025)El Salvador in English (13 Apr 2025)
Series
2nd statue of the 21 Nodes series.Sources: ChainCatcher
Only facts we could source. Items tagged “Reported” are not fully confirmed.
🧭 Visiting
Getting there
We couldn't verify bus routes to El Zonte. OpenStreetMap shows an unnamed bus stop about 180 m from the statue, on the coastal road (Carretera del Litoral).
Parking: OpenStreetMap marks a surface parking area about 330 m away. Fees are unverified.
Exact spot
In the public beachfront space at Playa El Zonte (Bitcoin Beach), La Libertad, which El Salvador's Ministry of Public Works opened in April 2025. Satoshigallery's own map pin is 13.4954011, -89.4424197. The Bitcoin Beach Office is about 85 m away (BTC Map/OpenStreetMap).
Photo tip
It's a Satoshigallery design, so the figure is visible from the side and nearly disappears from the front. The best angle at this site is unverified.
Generic tip (not from a source): with the sea behind it, shooting head-on makes the see-through effect obvious, and late-afternoon light is softer.
Hours & access
Outdoors in a public space with beach showers, water stations and a calisthenics area (El Salvador in English, citing the Ministry of Public Works). No hours or fees are published, so treat both as unverified.
Nearby places that accept bitcoin
79 places within 1 km on BTC Map. The nearest 5:
Las Minutas – restaurant, 10 m · last verified Jun 2026
