March 28, 2024

Satoshi Nakamoto immortalized as a bronze statue in Hungary

Satoshi Nakamoto immortalized as a bronze statue in Hungary

  • World's first physical monument to Bitcoin creator unveiled in Hungary
  • The statue of Satoshi Nakamoto hasa reflective surface instead of a face
  • The monument is located in the Graphisoft Park in Budapest, which has a technological focus.

Hungary became the first country in the world to honorspecial honor to the legendary creator of Bitcoin (BTC). On September 16, the opening ceremony of the first physical monument to Satoshi Nakamoto was held at Graphisoft Park in the capital Budapest.

Previously, a virtual monument to Satoshi appeared in September 2018 in Kyiv on the site of the demolished monument to Lenin, but it could only be seen using a special program on a smartphone.

See Satoshi

Now it has appeared before the eyes of all comersa bronze statue representing the bust of a man wearing a hoodie. Interestingly, the creators of the monument paid tribute to the legendary anonymity of Satoshi, who always maintained complete anonymity and hid under a pseudonym.

To highlight this fact, they performed a facestatues as a mirrored reflective surface in which each beholder can see himself. As conceived by the creators, this symbolizes the message "We are all Satoshi", which means that the true identity of the creator of Bitcoin does not matter in principle, and Satoshi can be each of us.

Satoshi Nakamoto immortalized as a bronze statue in Hungary

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The author of the original idea of ​​the monument was AndrasGyerfi is a journalist for the Hungarian cryptocurrency portal Kripto Akadémia. He also led the project to implement this idea in cooperation with the Blockchain Budapest blockchain conference, Mr. Coin and Blockchain Hungary crypto association.

During the launched crowdfunding, the project managed to attract BTC and Binance Coin in the amount of about $11,000.

Place matters

At the opening ceremony, Györfi also emphasizedthe importance of placing the monument in the Graphisoft business park. It has a technological focus, if only because it was created by the Hungarian entrepreneur Boyar Gabor, the founder of the technology company Graphisoft of the same name.

The park already houses a number of statues of innovators intechnology, including Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, and Ernö Rubik, creator of the famous eponymous cube. It also houses the offices of tech heavyweights such as SAP and Microsoft. According to Dyerfi, the Satoshi statue fits perfectly into this group.

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