2025 was a year of building real foundations. Together. ⚡

Education and adoption

• 170+ local businesses in Berlín now accept Bitcoin

• Around 500 from the local public high school students educated in Bitcoin alongside nostr:nprofile1qqsyh34ucvrjxn79ets5t9ll4k244p54nx6tdmw596tzd4nj6aqsylqppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyv9kh2uewd9hj7yuv9zj and @MyFirstBitcoin_

• 21 scholarships granted for English and advanced Bitcoin education

• 47 Monday meetups studying the history of money, Austrian economics, Bitcoin, Lightning, Nostr, and more

• Weekly Wednesday Conversation Club

• Self custody workshops and personalized assistance for Berlin residents who want to start saving in Bitcoin

• Co-organized nostr:nprofile1qqsrs686pekv7v4jm90zperrkmypte5l8vrm4zyr4j3f4mhwy7atp6gpz4mhxue69uhkkattddejummjvuhkummnw3eqzynhwden5te0wp6hyurvv4cxzeewv4es99zuea held in Berlín

• Hosted the Bitcoin Berlín Festival 2025, where all participating merchants accepted Bitcoin and all prices were set and paid in BTC

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• The Bitcoin Hardware Store 2 day seminar for Bitcoin University students

• Creation of a merchant onboarding book for El Salvador Beta version

• Supported local Bitcoin accepting businesses through promotional videos and reaching thousands via social media

Community

• Active Bitcoin awareness throughout town life with a Bitcoin parade float, public park booths, and community events

• Berlin Walls, a project creating murals around town including multiple Bitcoin themed murals

• Organized community cleaning and painting campaigns alongside local high school students

• The Bitcoin Center served as a space for the community to plan and organize social projects benefiting Berlín

• Our Bitcoin Center in Berlín welcomed hundreds of people throughout the year, locals and visitors from all over the world

• Bitcoin Pizza Day, BBQ meetups, and a Christmas potluck with our community

• A Christmas basketball tournament with nearby cities, prizes paid in Bitcoin

Beyond Berlín

• The same Berlín team kickstarted Bitcoin adoption in #BitcoinLaLaguna, Chalatenango, now with 20+ businesses accepting Bitcoin

• Opened our Bitcoin Center to the public in La Laguna, Chalatenango

• Hosted the Bitcoin Festival Mother’s Day Edition in La Laguna with 100 percent of participating businesses accepting Bitcoin

• Participated in the Coffee Festival in La Laguna where 90 percent of entrepreneurs accepted Bitcoin and hosted the first Bitcoin La Laguna meetup

• Onboarded around 12 businesses in Puerto El Triunfo, Usulután, turning it into another Bitcoin friendly destination

• Participated in #btchistoricosv, MPB Unconference, nostr:nprofile1qqswkhs47p9unc7lsmqsqv9kvh07sf2pq9gurcan4r8r7s524ap0jfclt62u8ingBTC, #Bitcoinbeach Circular Economy Summit, and @PlanBElsalvador Conference

• Participated in the Women in Bitcoin Brunch in San Salvador organized by #paystand

• Participated in the Women and Bitcoin Brunch in Medellín organized by Paystand

• Collaborated with other Bitcoin projects to strengthen education, adoption, and community across regions #K1elsalvador #tiankii #Ditobanx nostr:nprofile1qqs05j5ewc3wl3pnvcjd8mk0v75c6n7lppdgqa4afk4gr44aacddc2gppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0qywhwumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytnzd96xxmmfdejhytnnda3kjctv9ukpxng0 #Bitcoinize and others.

This is grassroots bitcoin adoption.

Thank you to everyone who helped build it. 🧡⚡

Let’s do it again in 2026.

Setting up nodes. ⚡️

Graduations. 🎓

Basketball tournaments with BTC prizes. 🏀

Expanding the circular economy to the mountains. ⛰️🇸🇻

December was busy in Berlin. We just dropped our monthly recap covering everything from the student graduations to our trip to La Laguna. Real adoption is happening right now, right here!

Check out the full video here 👇

https://youtu.be/z9jqbesYvZU

The freedom revolution continues in #LaLaguna. ⚡☕🎄

We had a great time at the Christmas Coffee Festival supporting locals, merchants, and anyone curious about Bitcoin. Seeing more Salvadorans embrace it feels like a step forward.

This Bitcoin Citadel is just getting started.

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We closed the year the best way we know how: together.

A potluck Christmas dinner with our community, celebrating everything we built side by side in 2025.

A special night, gathered as a Bitcoin family, minds and hearts working toward a better Berlín.

Merry Christmas from Berlín 🎄🇸🇻⚡🧡

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Bitcoin Berlín Christmas Basketball Tournament 🏀⚡

We hosted a two day tournament and played at home

one day for men and one day for women.

Our Bitcoin team, made up of locals and expats, shared the court with teams coming from nearby cities, turning the event into a real community celebration.

For many players, this was their first touchpoint with Bitcoin.

Prizes were paid in sats, bringing Bitcoin into sports in Berlín and neighboring cities.

Community, competition, and sats flowing.

This is how Bitcoin becomes part of everyday life. 🧡⚡

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Kids loved it 🙌🏼

This weekend in Berlín was special.

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Kids deserve to learn while having fun and that’s exactly what we saw. 🙌🏼

Students learned real Bitcoin, earned their certificates, and we turned our Monday meeting into a graduation 🎓

We’ll keep educating the next generation of Berliners and Salvadorans, building leaders, builders, and educators for the future.

We’re just getting started. ⚡

Coffee Festival at Bitcoin La Laguna

Many businesses accepting bitcoin

See you on Sunday for this amazing coffee festival and bitcoin Meetup.

https://www.satlantis.io/events/1433/Bitcoin-La-Laguna-Meetup

We missed you so much!!!

Hopefully you can make it next year. It's going to be on November 💪🏼

Sneak peek of the Bitcoin Festival in Berlín ⚡

We built this festival together, with every smile, every idea, every helping hand.

This is where Bitcoin becomes real.

Thanks for traveling all the way to Berlín to share this moment with us. 🧡💜

If you missed the early days of nostr:nprofile1qqsvcxweneelx70wyj2mlke47w08arv7fk838wx6z60aypp8ch6p5pgppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0qywhwumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytnzd96xxmmfdejhytnnda3kjctv9u3z8jsy, here’s your chance to see the blueprint come alive again.

The same team that kickstarted Bitcoin Berlín is now bringing that vision north to #BitcoinLaLaguna, building the next Bitcoin circular economy from the ground up. ⚡🏔️

Watch the video and feel what’s starting here. Be part of the next chapter. ⬇️

https://youtu.be/Wm9ebIanAK0

Good coffee, good food, good way to pay.

That’s the vibe at Friends Coffee Drinks in Berlín. 🇸🇻⚡️☕

It’s amazing to see more spots where you can just walk in and pay with Bitcoin.

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Berlín, El Salvador 😬 the other Berlín 😅

Don Andres walks around town selling seeds and snacks… and yes, he accepts #Bitcoin.

This is Bitcoin in its purest form: p2p, simple and direct.

If you’re in Berlín, grab a snack from him and pay in sats.

This is how a circular economy grows⚡🧡

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Find them using your nostr:nprofile1qqsra2ey033mkdwl5w8q0jss9ak69zafh82xsuvhwsaauw3trkq2amgprpmhxue69uhkv6tvw3jhytnwdaehgu3wwa5kuef0qy88wumn8ghj7mn0wvhxcmmv9ujzxe22

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At Uncoffee, you can pay with Bitcoin.

In the mood for something sweet 🍪, a good coffee ☕, or a tasty bite 🍔🍟?

Uncoffee has it all.

Grab your favorite from their menu and pay in Bitcoin, fast and easy ⚡

📍 You’ll find them right across from Berlín’s Central Park.

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In Berlín, even plants can be paid for with Bitcoin ⚡️🌿💐

El Jardín de la Abuela is one of those places that show how real this circular economy is where you’d least expect it!

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Here’s what #Bitcoin adoption looks like in Berlín.

Variedades La Armonía accepts Bitcoin, making it easy for anyone to shop and pay with sats. ⚡

Real people choosing simple, fast payments.

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🚀 It’s out! The first monthly update podcast of Bitcoin Berlín is live on YouTube.

Go check it out:

👉 youtu.be/SX0YBAznQcQ

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🚀👀 We’ve got news…

This sunday we’re kicking off a new series on YouTube, a monthly podcast where we’ll catch you up on everything happening with 🇸🇻 Bitcoin Berlín and our work across El Salvador.

📅Link coming soon. Don’t miss the drop!

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Queremos agradecer a nuestros amigos de nostr:nprofile1qqsp7fxsmxnahv3pkqsx4pn9pqm5739sp4cy5d8gkxelex5tc9qrspsppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0qywhwumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytnzd96xxmmfdejhytnnda3kjctv9ux6kfru y nostr:nprofile1qqs05j5ewc3wl3pnvcjd8mk0v75c6n7lppdgqa4afk4gr44aacddc2gppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0qywhwumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytnzd96xxmmfdejhytnnda3kjctv9ukpxng0 por su apoyo a las comunidades #Bitcoin en Latinoamérica como la nuestra 👏.

Hicimos el unboxing del primer kit en una de nuestras clases 📦🍊⚡. ¡Ya esperamos con ansias el resto!

👇 Vayan a seguir a estas leyendas 👇

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¡Señores, se viene la cruzada! ⚔️🔥

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Over 160 businesses in #Berlin now accept #Bitcoin as a method of payment 🚀

From pupuserias to hardware stores and hotels, every new business that joins strengthens our local economy.

All of this is possible because of the amazing effort of our merchants, who have been able to show the potential of a circular Bitcoin economy. 👏👏👏

When you visit Berlín, just open nostr:nprofile1qqsra2ey033mkdwl5w8q0jss9ak69zafh82xsuvhwsaauw3trkq2amgprpmhxue69uhkv6tvw3jhytnwdaehgu3wwa5kuef0qyghwumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytnhd9hx2tc7g996k and start exploring the city.

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Yesterday at the Bitcoin Center, we got to hang out with nostr:nprofile1qqs2t66h6z47a3e7c599ueka7tnwwufxq5u39yehkv3nseksvx9xqpcw3snrk who dropped by from 🇦🇷 Argentina, and nostr:nprofile1qqsrgsensklyet9hkcr32klpjcq49tpd4t4mmc8vjd0e2dlltscsqvgpz4mhxue69uhkwun9v4h8xmm4dsh8xurpvdjsz9nhwden5te0dd5xzarjw5h8qatgvd5x7tndv59798gm from 🇬🇧 England.

It was a great #MoondayMeeting 🔥 where we got to get their perspective, from what Bitcoin means to them, deep dives into mining, and their own personal #Bitcoin journeys.

We hope to do it again soon. Big thanks to Jerónimo and Jacob for joining us and exploring #Berlin, you’re always welcome! 🤝

#MondayMeeting at the Berlín #Bitcoin Center 🇸🇻: we watched Poverty, Inc. 🎬

Big lesson: charity without the right incentives destroys local economies, creates dependency and holds back innovation.

A strong reminder that true progress doesn’t come from handouts, but from people creating, trading, and building their own future.

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Today we got some Bitcoin toys for the Bitcoin University.

Excited for this week's class 🙌🏼

#Mondaymeeting

We learned how Renaissance Florence reshaped money: inventing the first banks, letters of exchange, and international credit networks.

Trust and reputation laid the foundation for today’s global financial system.

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We are blessed to have so many talented people around.

The future is now ✨ Que viva #bitcoin

We had a Great #nostr class with nostr:nprofile1qqsph6fjv9504a84auv8wz43v0lzcf4uqjwjz2vpscmhehqr80mfv9qpp4mhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mqpzamhxue69uhkv6tvw3jhytnwdaehgu3wwa5kuegpzpmhxue69uhkummnw3ezumrpdejq9fgna0

All these young students from Bitcoin university are learning from awesome teachers 🧡.

Check their posts and see how excited they were to learn that freedom of speech is within reach!

She did amazing 🤩

Monday meeting June 2nd

"When money became currency"

The attendees learned about the use of metal coins and why scarcity is so important.

We also discussed how different civilizations created and used coins.

Do these coins fulfill all the characteristics of sound money?

We used #MyfirstBitcoin book to talk about characteristics of money.