Raise a glass at Satoshi's Place and take on the challenge of running Bitcoin businesses

A Bitcoin-themed bar and education center has popped up in the North of England and Cointelegraph dropped by to interview the founder and raise a glass. New

Cointelegraph visited Satoshi's Place, a Bitcoin (BTC) hub in Greater Manchester on Friday. Named after the anonymous creator of the world's largest and most widely accepted cryptocurrency, the bar and workspace offers workshops, coworking spaces for local businesses, and Bitcoin-inspired cocktails.

Adam, the founder (who has chosen not to share his last name), first heard of Bitcoin in 2012 and has spent the past 10 years experimenting with ways to onboard and educate people on the internet magic money. He told Cointelegraph over a beer — paid for by Bitcoin on the Lightning Network — that this was the first of many forays into the Bitcoin industry.

Everything in the space – absolutely everything – is Bitcoin-themed or Bitcoin-branded. From orange being the dominant color to the rare Bitcoin art adorning the walls to the hand dryer in the restroom, which generates heat from – you guessed it – a Bitcoin miner plugged in upstairs.

The "rush gold" was the most popular cocktail of the evening.

Adam explained that over the past four years he has focused his efforts on Bitcoin merchant adoption, a growing trend in the world. UK. Satoshi's Place started life as a coffee shop, then a pizzeria in 2018. At first, customers could buy coffee with Bitcoin and even use a Bitcoin ATM to buy and sell Bitcoins, "Back when it was legal,” he joked.

"People were putting £20,000 of money in...