{"id":263208,"date":"2024-10-25T20:41:23","date_gmt":"2024-10-25T20:41:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/25\/satoshi-nakamoto-statue-in-lugano-is-inspiring\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:10:44","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:10:44","slug":"satoshi-nakamoto-statue-in-lugano-is-inspiring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/25\/satoshi-nakamoto-statue-in-lugano-is-inspiring\/","title":{"rendered":"Satoshi Nakamoto Statue In Lugano Is Inspiring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p>                        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/.image\/c_fit%2Ch_800%2Cw_1200\/MjA5NjU1OTY0ODg0ODA1MDUw\/screenshot-2024-09-30-at-114323am.png\" height=\"91\" width=\"1200\"><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<figure>\n<p>                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/.image\/c_fit%2Ch_800%2Cw_1200\/MjA5NjU2NTE0MzcyMTgzMjAw\/screenshot-2024-09-30-at-101601am.png\" height=\"800\" width=\"827\"><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Today, the city of Lugano in Switzerland <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BitcoinMagazine\/status\/1849770341893062924\">unveiled<\/a> an incredible statue honouring Satoshi Nakamoto, Bitcoin&#8217;s anonymous founder. I found this tribute incredibly inspiring and beautiful.<\/p>\n<p>The statue was revealed at <a href=\"https:\/\/planb.lugano.ch\/\">Lugano&#8217;s Plan B<\/a> conference, turning heads with its clever invisible design. Viewed head-on, it disappears entirely &#8211; representing Satoshi&#8217;s own anonymity. This is an artistic masterpiece perfectly encapsulating his mystery.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, some bitcoiners like <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Mandrik\/status\/1849765697506639938\">Mandrik found it underwhelming<\/a>. But art is subjective. To me, this statue brilliantly captures Satoshi&#8217;s ephemeral essence using visionary sculpture techniques. <\/p>\n<p>And Lugano was the perfect setting as a leading Bitcoin hub with over 100 merchants accepting Lightning payments.<\/p>\n<p>After visiting Lugano last month and living the Bitcoin life <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/vivek4real_\/status\/1833903304721695039\">using Lightning while there<\/a>, I&#8217;m ecstatic to return now that it houses this iconic Satoshi monument. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">JUST IN: \ud83c\udde8\ud83c\uddedCity of Lugano reveals the statue of Satoshi Nakamoto.<br \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YYHnjdg5ky\">pic.twitter.com\/YYHnjdg5ky<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bitcoin Magazine (@BitcoinMagazine) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BitcoinMagazine\/status\/1849770341893062924?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 25, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This is only the second Satoshi statue globally after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statueofsatoshi.com\/\">Budapest&#8217;s impressive effort<\/a>. We need more inspiring Satoshi tributes to spread his peaceful ideals worldwide.<\/p>\n<p><em>This article is a <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/takes\/bitcoin-magazine-introduces-opinion-takes\"><em>Take<\/em><\/a><em>. Opinions expressed are entirely the author&#8217;s and do not necessarily reflect those of BTC Inc or Bitcoin Magazine.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/takes\/satoshi-nakamoto-statue-in-lugano-is-inspiring-\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Today, the city of Lugano in Switzerland unveiled an incredible statue honouring Satoshi Nakamoto, Bitcoin&#8217;s anonymous founder. I found this tribute incredibly inspiring and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":263209,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263208"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=263208"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263208\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/263209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=263208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=263208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=263208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}