When and where
- Starts
- Thursday, November 19, 2026, 3:00 PM (El Salvador time, UTC−6)
- Ends
- Friday, November 20, 2026, 7:00 PM
- Town
- El Zonte, Chiltiupán, La Libertad, El Salvador (map)
- Venue
- To be announced
Every session wraps before sunset. The ocean is right there.
What the two days cover
Workshops, panels and fireside chats, not slides with a Q&A at the end.
- Bitcoin is moneyThe case from on-the-ground reality
- Circular economiesWhat's working, what's scaling, what's next
- Bitcoin for merchantsPractical adoption at the point of sale
- EducationOnboarding the next million users
- AdoptionPathways from curiosity to daily use
- ToolsThe infrastructure powering real-world Bitcoin commerce
Full agenda: to be announced.
Confirmed speakers
The lineup is still growing.
- Jeremy Almond · @jeremyalmondCo-founder and CEO, Paystand
- Alexandra Navarro · @alex_navarro0Paystand
- Gerardo Linares · @GR_Linares1Bitcoin Berlin SV and Bitcoin La Laguna
- Evelyn Lemus · @Evelynlemus2906Bitcoin Berlin SV and Bitcoin La Laguna
Organizers
The El Zonte community where people paid for pupusas and surfboards in sats years before the rest of the world heard of it.
Contact: bitcoinbeachadm@gmail.com
Federation of Bitcoin Circular Economies (FBCE)
A growing federation of local Bitcoin circular economies working on joint projects, mutual support and tools.
Co-founders: Roman Martínez and Mike Peterson (Bitcoin Beach), Hermann Vivier (Bitcoin Ekasi, South Africa), Scott Wolfe (coordinator, @ScottAWolfe).
Why this edition is different
For two editions the Summit was a closed working session: circular economy leaders from El Salvador, Africa, Southeast Asia and Latin America comparing notes. In 2026 it opens to the public for the first time, and it is the first conference of its kind El Zonte has hosted.
November 2026 in El Salvador
- November 10Bitcoin Capital Summit
- November 11–12Bitcoin Histórico, San Salvador
- November 18–19EmTech AI Conference
- November 19–20Global Bitcoin Circular Economies Summit, El Zonte