Ukraine Bitcoin Fans Aim to Put Satoshi Nakamoto Statue Where Lenin’s Once Stood

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Plans are underway in Ukraine to honor the pseudonymous creator of Bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto, by erecting a statue of him in Kiev. The preferred location for the statue is Shevchenko Boulevard, where a monument to Vladimir Lenin — the father of the Soviet Union — stood before it was brought down during the 2014 Ukrainian revolution.
The Plan to Replace a Lenin Statue Monument to Satoshi Nakamoto

The initiative is being advanced by a group known as the Satoshi Nakamoto Republic. Initially, the group plans to put up a virtual monument which can be viewed using an app when mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets are pointed at a plinth that will be located at the intended site of the statue. The mobile app will be developed by virtual reality firm Raccoon World.

After the virtual monument, the group will then petition the Kyiv City State Administration before launching a fundraising campaign. In the event that the city administration declines to allow the statue to be placed at the preferred site, another location will be chosen.
Eyes on the future

According to one of the founders of Satoshi Nakamoto Republic, Andriy Moroz, the presumed inventor of Bitcoin represents the future while Lenin symbolizes the past.

“The monument to Lenin was a symbol of last centuries that had already passed, leaving conflicting feelings in the hearts of people. Satoshi and the decentralization of society are a new era and new opportunities,” Moroz, who also serves as the First Ambassador of the Republic, told Radio Free Europe.

Besides erecting monuments of Nakamoto, the group has an ambitious plan to purchase an island where the Satoshi Nakamoto City will be established. Additionally, the group aims to start a “virtual decentralized blockchain-republic.”

Any city in the world can bid to host a Nakamoto statue with the winners being the cities which collect the largest amounts of money. Some of the cities that are already in the running include Beijing, Dubai, New York, and Tokyo. The biggest statue of Nakamoto will, however, be reserved for Satoshi Nakamoto City.

There’s no word on what these statues — which are dedicated to a person or group whose identity remains a secret — will look like.

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[Alcor]

I have lived in Kiev for a long time and know the intended place for the monument of Satoshi Nakamoto. This is practically the center of the city and it is unlikely that the Kyiv administration will allow this monument to be erected in the center of the city. In this place, most likely, will be erected a monument to the heroes of Ukraine. In Ukraine, many undeservedly forgotten heroes and now the history of Ukraine is being revised from the point of view of gaining the independence of this state. So I think that the monument of Satoshi Nakamoto will be in a different place, since in Ukraine, both ordinary citizens and representatives of state authorities are very receptive to the crypto currency.