Editing Tour de Satoshi

A bitcoin anniversary bike tour from Florence to Frankfurt 


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Start in Florence (IT): January 3rd

Finish in Frankfurt (DE): January 12th
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'''Backstory'''

On January 3rd of 2019 which marks the 10th anniversary of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitcoin Bitcoin] ([https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Genesis_block Genesis Block]), [http://teamsatoshi.org/index.php/Vitus_Zeller Vitus Zeller] started a 10 day bike tour from Florence to Frankfurt. The tour started in Florence, the birthplace of modern banking, in front of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palazzo_Medici_Riccardi Palazzo Medici Riccardi] and ended in Frankfurt a.M. in front of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Central_Bank European Central Bank (ECB)]. 


It was a 1000 km bike ride with 10,000 meters of altitude with luggage in 10 days in unpredictable cold weather conditions through the Alps. Besides the sportive challenge Vitus' goal was to pay the night’s stays in a hotel with bitcoin. Upon arrival in each destination town, Vitus therefore needed to go from hotel to hotel and try to convince a hotel owner to let him stay a night in return for bitcoin. The final result out of nine nights was: Bitcoin 7:2 Euro.


Prior to starting Vitus published a [http://www.starwings.io/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/tour_de_satoshi_one_pager.pdf one pager] about Tour de Satoshi and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDytNzo5goM announced] it at a bitcoin meetup in Munich. One day before the start of Tour de Satoshi, while sitting in the train to Florence, he published a story on [https://medium.com/@vitus.zeller/why-am-i-on-the-way-to-do-a-winter-bike-tour-from-florence-to-frankfurt-b5b9910e026e why he is doing this bike tour].

Vitus summarized every single day in his [https://medium.com/@vitus.zeller blog on medium] as well as produced a short [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBVo-EoHVCA video about Tour de Satoshi].


== Challenge ==

'''Part 1'''

Cycle in 10 days through winter from Florence to Frankfurt.


Day 1: Jan 3rd Florence — Sassuolo: 143 km, 2320 m altitude

Day 2: Jan 4th Sassuolo — Cremona: 107 km, 200 m altitude

Day 3: Jan 5th Cremona — Chiavenna: 177 km, 1060 m altitude

Day 4: Jan 6th Chiavenna — Chur: 92 km, 2210 m altitude

Day 5: Jan 7th Chur — Vaduz: 39 km, 30 m altitude

Day 6: Jan 8th Vaduz — Bregenz: 52 km, 30 m altitude

Day 7: Jan 9th Bregenz — Riedlingen: 94 km, 690 m altitude

Day 8: Jan 10th Riedlingen — Stuttgart: 94 km, 1110 m altitude

Day 9: Jan 11th Stuttgart — Heidelberg: 95km, 1020 m altitude

Day 10: Jan 12th Heidelberg — Frankfurt: 91 km 330 m altitude


'''Part 2'''

Pay the hotel stays with bitcoin.



== Pictures ==


<gallery mode="packed">
File:Tour_de_Satoshi_Vergato_team_satoshi_IMG_20190103_200043.jpg|200px|''[[commons:Day 1|Claudia, Vitus and Clara at Albergo Ca Venezia in Vergato]]''
File:Tou_de_Satoshi_Arrival_Cremona_team_satoshi_IMG_20190104_191228.jpg|150px|''[[commons:Day 2|from Vergato to Cremona was a 170 km long ride]]''
File:Tour_de_Satoshi_Oreste_Lecco_team_satoshi_IMG_20190105_223414.jpg|200px|''[[commons:Day 3|Vitus with Oreste, his host for the night at Casa al Lago in Lecco.]]''
File:Tour_de_Satoshi_Sandro_bitcoin_team_satoshi_IMG_20190106_233046.jpg|200px|''[[commons:Day 4|Sandro and Vitus at Hotel Waldhaus am See in St. Moritz]]''
File:Tour_de_Satoshi_Vitus_bitcoin_team_satoshi_IMG_20190107_124359.jpg|200px|''[[commons:Day 5|Vitus crossing the Alps at the Julierpass in Switzerland]]''
File:Tour_de_Satoshi_Arrival_Bregenz_Vitus_IMG_20190108_175944.jpg|200px|''[[commons:Day 6|Arrival in Bregenz with frozen feet]]''
File:Tour_de_satoshi_Angela_Markus_Rosengarten_Riedlingen_Vitus_team_satoshi_IMG_20190109_174717.jpg|200px|''[[commons:Day 7|My hosts Angela and Markus at Rosengarten in Riedlingen]]''
File:Tour_de_Satoshi_Stuttgart_Max_Vitus_bitcoin_team_satoshi_IMG_20190110_222653.jpg|200px|''[[commons:Day 8|Max, a fellow bitcoiner in Stuttgart who invited me for dinner]]''
File:Tour_de_Satoshi_Vitus_arrival_Heidelberg_team_satoshi_IMG_20190111_172638.jpg|200px|''[[commons:Day 9|After changing clothes at arrival in Heidelberg and before scouting 10 Hotel!]]''
File:Tour_de_Satoshi_Arrival_Frankfurt_ECB_Vitus_Azin_team_satoshi_IMG_20190112-WA0006.jpg|200px|''[[commons:Day 10|Happily hugging my wife after arriving at ECB in Frankfurt]]''
</gallery>



== Story to every stage ==



Day 1: [https://medium.com/@vitus.zeller/summary-on-day-1-of-tour-de-satoshi-hard-cycling-destination-not-reached-ended-on-a-happy-note-98cb3868099f Florence - Vergato]

Day 2: [https://medium.com/@vitus.zeller/summary-of-day-2-made-up-for-lost-time-but-couldnt-finish-the-day-on-a-high-note-384a4667b6e8 Vergato - Cremona]

Day 3: [https://medium.com/@vitus.zeller/summary-on-day-3-of-tour-de-satoshi-bitcoin-2-1-euro-823817ebad1c Cremona - Lecco]

Day 4: [https://medium.com/@vitus.zeller/summary-on-day-4-of-tour-de-satoshi-another-win-for-bitcoin-cc86262a028c Lecco - St. Moritz]

Day 5: [https://medium.com/@vitus.zeller/summary-of-day-5-of-tour-de-satoshi-testing-my-physical-boundaries-e43cbc081cc9 St. Moritz - Chur]

Day 6: [https://medium.com/@vitus.zeller/summary-of-day-6-of-tour-de-satoshi-bitcoin-wins-but-flat-tires-rain-wind-and-snow-6a69df5f469f Chur - Bregenz]

Day 7: [https://medium.com/@vitus.zeller/summary-of-day-7-of-tour-de-satoshi-bitcoin-is-on-a-winning-streak-de22d4cc34d9 Bregenz - Riedlingen]

Day 8: [https://medium.com/@vitus.zeller/summary-of-day-8-of-tour-de-satoshi-bitcoin-payments-accepted-and-picked-up-by-the-police-ecced684bf85 Riedlingen - Stuttgart]

Day 9: [https://medium.com/@vitus.zeller/summary-of-day-9-of-tour-de-satoshi-final-score-is-7-2-for-bitcoin-as-tomorrow-i-finally-arrive-d577e9984230 Stuttgart - Heidelberg]

Day 10: [https://medium.com/@vitus.zeller/10th-and-final-day-of-tour-de-satoshi-arrival-at-the-ecb-in-frankfurt-e92901605885 Heidelberg - Frankfurt]



'''Received donations'''

Vitus received 18 little bitcoin donations from fellow bitcoiners. He was just able to pay the seven bitcoin-paid hotel stays with btc from received donations.