Where to spend Bitcoin
Explore 4 large zones with 162 businesses accepting Bitcoin Lightning:
Restaurants 
Stays
Experiences 
StoresHere are some of our favorites:
La Libertad
Rich history anchored by a brand new pier:- Do: Sunset Amusement Park
- Eat: Restaurante Laura
San Blas
Experience rapid urban development:- Stay: Kaiblue Hotel & Restaurant
- Buy: Seaside Sourdough
- Buy: MAK Meats
- Buy: Puma Fuel Station
- Buy: Farmacias AVANTE
- Buy: Dollarcity
- Do: 300 MMA Gym
- Do: Mr Laundry
El Tunco
Explore our surf capital:- Stay: Hotel Roca Sunzal
- Stay: Hammock Plantation Hostel (Atami)
- Stay: The Bitcoin Mansion
- Eat: Dale Dale Cafe
- Eat: Cajedo Brewery - Sunzal
- Eat: Michela Grill
- Buy: Tengo! Mini Market
- Buy: Smoke & Vape Shop
- Work: TuncoLab Co-Working
El Zonte
Immerse in the epic original Bitcoin Beach:- Stay: Palo Verde
- Stay: The Beach Break
- Stay: Puro Surf Hotel & Academy
- Stay: Wave House Luxury Hotel
- Stay: Garten Hotel & Villas
- Eat: Pupuseria Jeisi
- Eat: Nan Tal
- Eat: La Cajita Kitchen
- Learn: Bitcoin Beach Office
- Do: Bitcoin Farmers Market
- Do: Zonte Gym
- Buy: La Canasta Mini Market
- Buy: The Bitcoin Hardware Store
Serving the entire Bitcoin Coast:
Tunco Life Tours - discover El Salvador's volcanos, waterfalls, cities, and sites
Beef Back Better - 100% grass fed Salvadoran beef delivery
Vet On The Road - mobile veterinarian for house calls and neighborhood pups
Goodlife Real Estate - make your long plan for El Salvador
Claro Telecom - largest national cellular service provider
Learn to spend Bitcoin
Get ready to visit Bitcoin Coast and spend Bitcoin in-person ↓
⇢ Bitcoin Lightning
There are two ways to send Bitcoin: onchain or lightning. Face-to-face businesses prefer lightning to save delays and fees.
Pick any lightning app for your phone:
⇢ Bitcoin Lightning
There are two ways to send Bitcoin: onchain or lightning. Face-to-face businesses prefer lightning to save delays and fees.
Pick any lightning app for your phone:
Blink
Service
Non-USA
Strike
Service
USA
Phoenix
Wallet
Aqua
Wallet
Note: A true wallet keeps your Bitcoin safe with you on your phone. A service offers extra features but keeps your Bitcoin at their office (!).
Inside your app, familiarize yourself with the different types of money addresses:
Lightning: lnbc129df9...d34ul
Lightning: rareform@blink.sv
Onchain: 1d98f97hpp...908df
Onchain: bc1qf9us73....d80f0
Load, buy, or deposit normal Bitcoin to your onchain address before your visit.
⇢ Cellular Data
Do you have a local plan? Will you be roaming?
A global eSim can be setup on your phone in seconds. Buy an eSim with lightning at https://silent.link — or search inside your app store.
Make sure you bring reliable data on your visit to Bitcoin Coast.
⇢ Practice
Get a friend setup with a wallet too - then zap sats back and forth a few times.
Practice sending lightning before you visit Bitcoin Coast.
⇢ Polite
Keep in-store conversation easy and positive.
Add My Business
Everyone is welcome in Bitcoin Coast. Just accept Bitcoin and you're in. There is no cost to join.
⇢ Bitcoin users are ready to spend Bitcoin at your business
⇢ Contact us now:
WhatsApp: +503 7020 4642
We are nearby and available to answer all your Bitcoin questions.
⇢ Free Merchant Guides:
We print and distribute Bitcoin booklets to business owners in Spanish:
Bitcoin Coast Merchant Guide (Spanish)
Bitcoin Coast Merchant Guide (English)
⇢ Open for all:
Our map is based on live data from OpenStreetMap. Any point tagged with currency:XBT=yes inside our four zones is live within moments. Our logo, stickers, booklets, and signage are all free to use.
⇢ Brand Guidelines
Bitcoin Coast is yours — use the logo anywhere. Just a few requests:
- Bitcoin only (please, no more money printing)
- Refers to El Salvador's coastal region
- Even spacing, strong contrast, no bluriness
- Make your money, but access to our website must be free
