🗺️ Proof of Walk cards

Your statue, your rank, your quote.

Every statue you walk to is a card in your passport, and the check-in that earns a rank becomes that rank’s card. The front shows the Satoshi statue you walked to, your rank and a GPS-verified seal with the date. The back carries one of 21 Bitcoin quotes, the details of your check-in and a code anyone can scan to verify it.

Sample card front: LUGANO, Lugano, Switzerland, a lakeside scene with a hooded walker, the Genesis Block badge and the GPS verified seal, checked in 31 Oct 2026 — **Front.** The statue whose check-in earned the rank, the rank badge, the GPS-verified seal and the check-in date.

Sample card back: the quote Not your keys, not your coins, card 01 of 21 Common, the GPS-verified check-in box with a verify code, and a QR code — **Back.** Your quote and its card number, the GPS-verified check-in (statue, local date and time) and the verify code with its QR.

How it works

Rank 1
👣 Confirmed ✓
Your first GPS-verified card at any Satoshi statue. Your card shows that statue.
Rank 2
🧱 Genesis Block ✓
Collect cards from any 3 of the original 10 statues. Your card shows the statue that completed it.
Rank 3
⚡ Full Node ✓
You've verified the network on foot. The Genesis Block plus 1 more statue, anywhere on the map. Your card shows the statue that got you there.

Every GPS-verified check-in is a card in your passport, one per statue: that statue, your rank at the time, a quote and its own verify code. The check-in that earns a rank is that rank’s card, and each rank is earned at a different statue. Once you have a card, it’s yours and it never changes.

21 quotes and how rare they are

Your quote is picked when you collect the card. The frame and shine show its tier.

CommonCards 01–10. Brushed-metal frame, a different color on every card. Each one: 7 in 121 cards.57.9%70 in 121
UncommonCards 11–16. Two-tone foil frame with a soft streak of light across the art. Each one: 6 in 121 cards.29.8%36 in 121
RareCards 17–19. Prism frame with holographic bands over the art. Each one: 4 in 121 cards.9.9%12 in 121
Ultra rareCard 20. Full rainbow frame with ripples, stronger shine and sparkles.1.7%2 in 121
LegendaryCard 21. Double rainbow frame, gold inner frame, full holographic shine, sparkles, and the quote set like raw block data.0.8%1 in 121

Percentages are out of 121 cards. The diamonds next to the card number show the tier: one for Common, up to five for Legendary.

Rarity shows how often a design is drawn. It isn't a measure of value, and cards can't be bought, sold or traded here.

The Legendary Genesis card

Sample card back 21 of 21, Legendary: The Times 03/Jan/2009 Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks

Card No. 21 · Legendary

About 1 in 121 cards is the Legendary Genesis card, at any statue and any rank.

Cards are just for fun: free, and not linked to tips or the giveaway.

Its quote is the newspaper headline Satoshi Nakamoto wrote into Bitcoin’s very first block, block 0, on January 3, 2009:

The Times 03/Jan/2009 Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks

It shows when Bitcoin started and why: a new kind of money, launched while banks were being bailed out. Those words are still in block 0 today, and every Bitcoin block since builds on it.

All 21 quotes

Tap a quote to see where it comes from.

01Common“Not your keys, not your coins.”— Bitcoin saying
A popular Bitcoin saying. If someone else holds the keys to your bitcoin, they control it.
02Common“Don't trust, verify.”— Bitcoin saying
A Bitcoin motto. Bitcoin lets anyone check the rules for themselves instead of trusting someone.
03Common“Stay humble, stack sats.”— Bitcoin saying
A friendly Bitcoin saying: stay modest and keep saving a few sats (small pieces of a bitcoin).
04Common“Tick tock, next block.”— Bitcoin saying
A Bitcoin saying. A new block is added to Bitcoin about every 10 minutes, like a clock.
05Common“I AM HODLING”— GameKyuubi, BitcoinTalk, Dec 18 2013
“HODL” began as a typo in a BitcoinTalk forum post titled “I AM HODLING” on Dec 18, 2013. It now means holding on. Source ↗
06Common“Vires in numeris. (Strength in numbers.)”— Bitcoin motto
Latin for “strength in numbers”, an early Bitcoin motto.
07Common“Fix the money, fix the world.”— Bitcoin saying
A Bitcoin saying: the idea that better money makes a better world.
08Common“Writing a description for this thing for general audiences is bloody hard.”— Satoshi Nakamoto, BitcoinTalk, Jul 5 2010
Satoshi Nakamoto on the BitcoinTalk forum, July 5, 2010, on how hard Bitcoin is to explain. Source ↗
09Common“…an electronic payment system based on cryptographic proof instead of trust…”— Bitcoin whitepaper, 2008
From section 1 of the Bitcoin whitepaper (2008). Source ↗
10Common“We have proposed a system for electronic transactions without relying on trust.”— Bitcoin whitepaper, 2008
The first line of the Bitcoin whitepaper’s conclusion (2008). Source ↗
11Uncommon“Proof-of-work is essentially one-CPU-one-vote.”— Bitcoin whitepaper, 2008
From section 4 of the Bitcoin whitepaper (2008). Proof of Walk is our walking version of proof-of-work. Source ↗
12Uncommon“It might make sense just to get some in case it catches on.”— Satoshi Nakamoto, Cryptography list, Jan 16 2009
Satoshi Nakamoto on the Cryptography mailing list, January 16, 2009, a week after Bitcoin launched. Source ↗
13Uncommon“I'm better with code than with words though.”— Satoshi Nakamoto, Cryptography mailing list, Nov 14 2008
Satoshi Nakamoto on the Cryptography mailing list, November 14, 2008, two weeks after sharing the whitepaper. Source ↗
14Uncommon“If you don't believe me or don't get it, I don't have time to try to convince you, sorry.”— Satoshi Nakamoto, BitcoinTalk, Jul 29 2010
Satoshi Nakamoto on the BitcoinTalk forum, July 29, 2010. Source ↗
15Uncommon“The root problem with conventional currency is all the trust that's required to make it work.”— Satoshi Nakamoto, P2P Foundation, Feb 11 2009
Satoshi Nakamoto introducing Bitcoin on the P2P Foundation forum, February 11, 2009. Source ↗
16Uncommon“…gain a new territory of freedom for several years.”— Satoshi Nakamoto, Cryptography list, Nov 6 2008
Satoshi Nakamoto on the Cryptography mailing list, November 6, 2008. Source ↗
17Rare“Total circulation will be 21,000,000 coins.”— Satoshi Nakamoto, Bitcoin v0.1 release, Jan 8 2009
Satoshi Nakamoto announcing Bitcoin v0.1, January 8, 2009: the 21 million limit, in Satoshi’s words. Source ↗
18Rare“Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System”— Satoshi Nakamoto, whitepaper title, Oct 31 2008
The title of the Bitcoin whitepaper, published October 31, 2008. Source ↗
19Rare“Running bitcoin”— Hal Finney (@halfin), Jan 10 2009
Hal Finney’s tweet on January 10, 2009, the first known tweet about Bitcoin. Hal was one of the first people to run it. Source ↗
20Ultra rare“I've been working on a new electronic cash system that's fully peer-to-peer, with no trusted third party.”— Satoshi Nakamoto, Cryptography list, Oct 31 2008
The first words Satoshi Nakamoto used to introduce Bitcoin, on the Cryptography mailing list, October 31, 2008. Source ↗
21LegendaryThe Times 03/Jan/2009 Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks— Genesis block coinbase, Block 0, Jan 3 2009
The newspaper headline Satoshi put inside the very first Bitcoin block (block 0) on January 3, 2009. It is still there today. Source ↗

Verify a card

Every card has a verify code like PW-7K3Q-9QX2 and a QR code. Scan it, or type it on the verify page: it shows only the statue, the date and the rank. No name, no exact time, no location.

Show yours off

Right after a check-in that earns a rank, tap Share under your card to post it, or save the image. The link you share goes to a page for that statue and rank, for example Genesis Block at Lugano, Genesis Block at El Zonte, Genesis Block at Tokyo.

You can also download print-ready files of your card (front and back) from your card on the Proof of Walk page. Ordering a printed card is coming soon.

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Quotes attributed as shown. Headline from The Times, 3 Jan 2009, as embedded in Bitcoin’s genesis block. Not affiliated with or endorsed by The Times, any statue artist, owner or city. Card art is original illustration; the hooded walker is a generic figure, not any statue or person.