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.
Then the Festival Bitcoin Beach
The Summit runs straight into a weekend festival on the same beach: four days of Bitcoin, community and culture.
- Dates
- Saturday, November 21 to Sunday, November 22, 2026
- Where
- El Zonte, El Salvador
- Gastronomic festival
- Pupusa eating contest
- Mechanical bull
- Live music
- Surf competition
- More activitiesProgram details to be announced
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
- 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
The lineup is still growing.
Organizers
Bitcoin Beach
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
FBCE · Federation of Bitcoin Circular Economies
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 year 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.
Also in El Zonte around the Summit
Bitcoin Beach runs regular community events. These fall around the Summit dates (from the Bitcoin Beach events page):
- Thursday, November 19 · 5:00 PMTiempo de calidad Las Peceras, El Zonte (every Thursday)
- Saturday, November 21 · 8:00 AMSurf Para Todos, El Zonte (every Saturday)
- Friday, November 27 · 5:00 PMBitcoin Beach Meetup at Olor de Mar, El Zonte (last Friday of the month)
- Saturday, November 28 · 6:00 AMLa Pirraya, Isla La Pirraya, Usulután (last Saturday of the month)
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
- November 21–22Festival Bitcoin Beach, El Zonte