“Satoshi Army” Exhibition Opens in El Salvador

In El Salvador’s capital, San Salvador, the museum MARTE (Museo de Arte de El Salvador) hosted a special event this weekend: the “Satoshi Army” exhibition. Created by SatoshiGallery, the installation features 45 identical statues of Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous creator of Bitcoin. Behind the statues, a slogan on the wall reads: “We Are All Satoshi”.

Who was Satoshi Nakamoto?

Satoshi is the anonymous creator of Bitcoin. While nobody knows their true identity, they were very active online. They explained, discussed, and worked with others on Bitcoin. It was an open-source project, and Satoshi treated it as such.

Over the years, at leasy one person has publicly claimed to be Satoshi (even challenging the claim in court), while others have had to deny being him. None has been definitively proven.

As they left the project to the community, Satoshi famously said, “I am off to do other things”.

As of 2026, the widely accepted estimate is that Satoshi Nakamoto holds approximately 1.1 million BTC, 

You can still view some of the Bitcoin wallets that belong to Satoshi on the blockchain. They are just like yours or mine. We are all Satoshi, after all.

El Salvador’s Bitcoin history

El Salvador currently owns 7,550 BTC as of February 2, 2026, and the government continues to buy Bitcoin regularly. With the current Bitcoin price around $78K, that would equal

The nation ranks among the top global governments that possess Bitcoin. It is unique for its aggressive laws promoting adoption, though these have yielded mixed results.

Timeline of events

• September 2021: El Salvador became the first country in the world to make Bitcoin legal tender. To celebrate the “Bitcoin Law,” every adult citizen was eligible to receive $30 worth of Bitcoin (roughly 0.0006 BTC at the time).
• November 2021: President Bukele announced plans for “Bitcoin City,” a tax-free city powered by geothermal energy from the Conchagua volcano.
• January 2025: El Salvador abandoned Bitcoin as mandatory legal tender after negotiations with the IMF.
• January 2026: El Salvador added the Satoshi gallery to the National History Museum.

There have been countless documentaries, podcasts, and stories about El Salvador’s adoption of Bitcoin, including a dedicated Wikipedia page on the subject.

Source: BitcoinTreasuries

Timing the market

It is a very interesting and troubled time in the cryptocurrency world. Bitcoin has broken through its critical support levels and is now facing the longest downturn in its history since 2018. The price of 1 BTC is $78,490 at the time of writing.

The wider cryptocurrency market is suffering too, driven by global conflict, shifting tariffs, and rising interest rates in Japan.

Bitcoin is crashing even as Michael Saylor buys more, and AI agents place bets against the market on Polymarket.

But there is hope on the horizon. The promise of more nations adopting Bitcoin, nations following El Salvador’s example, remains. 

Could 2026 be the year the United States truly embraces Bitcoin? We will have to wait and see.

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