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    Satoshi Nakamoto
    Artist
    Valentina Picozzi
    Photographer
    Title
    Satoshi Nakamoto
    Object type sculpture
    object_type QS:P31,Q860861
    Description
    Valentina Picozzi's metal sculpture depicts the anonymous founder of Bitcoin, who became known under the pseudonym Santoshi Nakamoto, then disappeared from public view and has never been identified since. With its semi-transparent appearance, the artwork alludes to Nakamoto's disappearance into anonymity and his enigmatic identity.
    Depicted people Satoshi Nakamoto (pseudonym of the anonymous founder of Bitcoin)
    Date 24 October 2024
    Medium steel
    medium QS:P186,Q11427
    Dimensions 90 × 60 × 80 cm (35.4 × 23.6 × 31.4 in)
    Exhibition history Valentina Picozzi's sculpture was unveiled at the Plan B Bitcoin Forum in Lugano on 24 October 2024. On 1 August 2025, it had disappeared, leaving only the empty pedestal behind. On 3 August 2025, employees of the Swiss Lifesaving Society found the artwork in Lake Lugano. Soon after, it was returned to its pedestal and anchored in Lugano's Parco Civico.
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    The works must be permanently installed, but for the purposes of the law, "permanent" means a fixed installation which may be temporary — time-limited — but not "accidental", e.g. due to transport of the work.

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    Object location46° 00′ 15.97″ N, 8° 57′ 23.75″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo


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    Valentina Picozzi: 'Satoshi Nakamoto', metal sculpture, 2024
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