Plan ₿ Forum El Salvador Returns Bitcoin Debate to San Salvador

Plan ₿ Forum El Salvador was held January 30–31, 2026 in San Salvador across the Sheraton Presidente Hotel and Museo MARTE. Organizers described it as Central America's leading Bitcoin conference and built the program around nation-state Bitcoin adoption, economics, financial freedom and freedom of expression. Speakers included Lightning Labs co-founder Elizabeth Stark, Blockstream CEO Adam Back, economist Saifedean Ammous, Strike co-founder Jack Mallers and other prominent Bitcoin voices.

The venue gave the gathering particular historical resonance. El Salvador had already become central to Bitcoin's nation-state story, so returning policy, infrastructure and monetary debate to San Salvador connected global Bitcoin personalities with the country most closely identified with sovereign Bitcoin adoption. Side events included a Spanish-language Bitcoin meetup and programming around the local ecosystem.

The event is preserved as cultural and policy-community history rather than a new government adoption milestone. Its importance comes from documenting how El Salvador continued to serve as a meeting point for arguments over Bitcoin as money, infrastructure and national policy after the initial legal-tender era.