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Visual Art

Painting, illustration, comics, sculpture, design and memes

Collectives

  • 2140Art - Online magazine and collective for Bitcoin-inspired art, music, and culture; runs a virtual gallery.
  • Bitcoin Design - Open community of designers making Bitcoin products easier to use; publishes the open-source Bitcoin Design Guide.
  • Crypsi - Anonymous collective making hand-stencilled spray-paint canvases on Bitcoin themes since 2014.
  • Machakos Bitcoin Academy: Visima 21 - Planned trail of 21 murals in Machakos, Kenya, each painted by an artist the academy chooses; built with Bitcoin for the Arts and paid in stages as stations are finished (in progress).

Painters

  • A13MW - Painting, printmaking, and hand-drawn animation, anchored by "Buzzbee, the African Bitcoin Queen".
  • Alex Schaefer - Oil painting, expressionism; famous for the 2011 "banks on fire" series.
  • Amy DiGi - Traditional oil painting with symbolic Bitcoin imagery; "Genesis Slice" is a 16×20-inch oil on canvas.
  • April Popko - Abstract acrylic and gold-leaf paintings on Bitcoin themes, made in Prague.
  • Asanoha - Sacred-geometry and gold-leaf painting inspired by Japanese craft; also runs Timechain Art Magazine.
  • B - Airbrush-based physical art; featured in BTC Prague's Bitcoin-only gallery.
  • Bitcoin Apex - Pencil, Dürer-esque portraiture.
  • Blu3baer - Acrylic paintings and limited prints reworking figures from films, games, myths, and Bitcoin memes.
  • Cyber / Street Cyber - Stencil art and paste-ups; "Born Debt-Free" series.
  • Flo Montoya - Poster and wheatpaste, protest-art tradition.
  • Fzero - Painting rooted in a tattooing background; "GENESIS 113" (2026) is a 100-hour canvas on consciousness and sovereignty; also creator of the animated series $BLEEP.
  • George Bodine - Oil painting of landscapes, cityscapes, and figures, both plein air and in the studio.
  • Isolabellart - Oil painting inspired by light, silence, and place; each work is unique and offered exclusively for Bitcoin.
  • Jake Allen - Acrylic paintings on canvas and custom-painted objects, including a Bitcoin guitar.
  • Johnny Dollar - Post-pop surrealism, cypherpunk themes, pseudonymous. Represented by Bitcoin Art Gallery Wynwood.
  • Josie Bellini - Paintings and editioned prints on Bitcoin themes, including "The People" (We Are Satoshi) and "Free Ross".
  • Jure Kastelic - Bitcoin-mythology painting; also works in sculpture and glass collaboration.
  • Kenneth Burris - Oil painting informed by landscapes and verified Bitcoin block data; BFTA Board Advisor. (X/Twitter)
  • Ksenia Buridanova - Classical oil painting with magical realism and Bitcoin-era meme imagery on linen, canvas, and wood panel.
  • Lady Block Jane - Swiss tattooist turned painter; Bitcoin paintings, posters, and temporary tattoos such as "Unbroken Chain".
  • Lisa Törner - Stockholm acrylic paintings and limited prints built from financial-press imagery and monetary themes.
  • MEAR ONE - Painting and muralism, metaphysical surrealism; shown at the Museum of Graffiti.
  • Moon - Painted maze compositions on mixed-media paper that tie making to proof of work.
  • mx12art - Painting and hand-painted wearable art linking proof of work to rebuilding identity after memory loss.
  • NAPLES - Oil painter bringing contemporary realism and still life to Bitcoin culture.
  • Pascal Boyart (PBOY) - Paris muralist: monumental figurative murals, paintings, and prints with Bitcoin imagery.
  • Petek - Acrylic paintings and hand-modified prints with gold leaf, meteorite, Moon dust, and banknotes; painted "Genesis" for PlanB.
  • Proof of Paint - Oil painting, illustration, and limited prints grounded in classical drawing; taking Bitcoin illustration commissions since 2013.
  • RYR - Painting, street art, and mixed media with graffiti energy, addressing money, value, and technology. (X/Twitter)
  • Sarah Foster - Kansas City painter putting Bitcoin symbols into art-history imagery, as in "The Bitcoin Venus"; shown at Bitcoin Art Gallery Wynwood.
  • Sweedgraffixx - Acrylic and mixed-media painting; dense, colorful, hand-worked surfaces, including the "Scarcity" canvas.
  • Tesi Cypher Painter - Portuguese painter and industrial designer behind the "21 paintings project": 21 Bitcoin-message paintings left in the streets for free.
  • The Great Print - Detailed pen drawings of Bitcoin themes; also designs visual identities for Bitcoin companies.
  • Tommy Marcheschi - Oil, acrylic, aerosol, and mixed media; describes his politically charged work as "pre-emptive propaganda."
  • Trevor Jones - Oil paintings, prints, and bronze sculpture; "The Architect - Satoshi Nakamoto" was his first work sold for Bitcoin.
  • X3N0533D - Watercolor and ink on paper; cyberpunk imagery on self-custody, node operation, and mind sovereignty.

Illustration & Digital Art

  • Anik Malcolm - Conceptual multimedia art with highly detailed, meticulous compositions; focuses on freedom, resistance, and transformation.
  • Beth Alta Fletcher - Alaska-based Rolfer and digital artist; hand-built, pixel-by-pixel compositions such as "Along the Watchtower".
  • Bitcoin Cartoons - Whimsical illustration and cartooning for the Bitcoin community.
  • Bitko Yinowsky - Digital Bitcoin character art; a fictional persona for decentralization, scarcity, and resistance. (Nostr)
  • BitPopArt - Dutch pop artist making Bitcoin and Nostr art as prints, GIFs, wallpapers, memes, and merch; Lightning-funded and free to share.
  • CA Danner - Digital/print series, "Satoshi White Paper Series". Auctioned via Bitcoin for the Arts. (X/Twitter)
  • Coldie - Stereoscopic/magnetic portraits, "Filthy Fiat" series.
  • Dustin D. Trammell - Bitcoin artist and founding member of the Bitcoin Artist Guild; his portfolio spans varied subjects and media. (Timechain Art profile)
  • Gus Grillasca - Illustration and conceptual design with cyberpunk aesthetics on Bitcoin, privacy, and sovereignty.
  • HACKZERO - AI/Midjourney promptcraft, prolific Bitcoin imagery.
  • Here Comes Bitcoin - License-free PNG and SVG library of Bitty, the Bitcoin puppet from Who Is Bitcoin?, free to use in any project.
  • Luis Simo - Pixel mosaic, "Pepernica".
  • Maxis Club - Meme art and satire; a daily series aiming for 2,100 memes, echoing the 21 million cap. (X/Twitter, Nostr)
  • Missatoshi_girl - Street-art mixed media from recycled materials; graffiti language about privacy and freedom. (X/Twitter, Nostr)
  • Moozi - Custom-trained AI models, Persian-inspired painterly style.
  • Mr Meadow - Indian filmmaker and designer making comic-book Bitcoin art, such as the "Bitcoin Mech-Suit" print.
  • MrHansel - Bristol collage and acrylic work reworking Pepe imagery; making Bitcoin art since 2015.
  • No Good Kid - Pseudonymous designer and art director behind Bitcoin books and zines.
  • NoGood - Amsterdam illustrator making limited prints and posters inspired by retro tech and the open web.
  • Pepelangelo - Oil paintings recasting Pepe the Frog through classical art and portraiture, plus hand-finished canvas prints.
  • Pepenardo (Nardo) - Oil painting, classical technique meets meme culture.
  • Psyfer - Multidisciplinary, digital-numismatics-focused art; London-based practice examining the semiotics of power.
  • Shipwreck Sean - Illustration, "HODL On" (2026). Auctioned via Bitcoin for the Arts. (Instagram)
  • Superama - AR art, "Satoshi is Female". Latin American.
  • Tynka - Hand-drawn Bitcoin illustrations about family, community, and everyday use.
  • YuZapata - Street art/digital, "Palometa the Pigeon" character; "Orange Fruit Dove". Latin American.
  • Zap Zide - Deadpan Bitcoin and Nostr cartoons, with an online archive of 600+ originals.
  • Zaza - Visual artist whose Bitcoin-themed work includes the films An Ode to Nodes and Satoshi, A Self Portrait.

Comics & Picture Books

  • Frédéric Guimont - Bitcoin superhero comic Ratel, with hand-drawn page samples.
  • Hitomi Matsui - Felt, paint, pixels, and code; the Nekosan white-cat series looks at money, algorithms, and sovereignty from New York.
  • Lina Seiche - The Little HODLer comics, collected in a book of the first 100 strips; also plushies and prints.

Sculpture & Objects

  • Adam Kadmon - Carved wood panels and gilded mixed-media sculpture; "The Bitcoin Religion" series.
  • Antonio Batzu - Ceramic sculpture in clay, lusters, and gold; Ichthys forms tie Bitcoin to ancient symbolism.
  • Brekkie von Bitcoin - Hand-carved stone, 24k gold leaf.
  • Cypherpunk Now - Glass sculpture by Martin Fischer, from the Prague Parallelní Polis scene.
  • FractalEncrypt - Sculpture, cypherpunk digital-to-physical work.
  • Gareth Eckley - Gemstone carving and jewelry sculpture; "Bitcoin Gem Artwork" series uses sacred geometry and the Golden Ratio.
  • Kanuto - Physical-only works in wood and acrylic that turn Bitcoin transactions into handcrafted forms.
  • Kialara - Collectible Bitcoin art objects in stainless steel, silver, and meteorite that double as secure storage; founded 2014.
  • MadMunky - Wood, resin, and mixed-media sculpture with sound and video; "Manifesto 2140" series.
  • Puzzle - Layered laser-cut wood sculpture with embedded LED lighting.
  • Statue of Satoshi - Budapest, Hungary. Bronze, reflective face. By Gergely Réka & Tamás Gilly.
  • Studio Zeitwerk - Sculpture in wood, concrete, and melted fiat coins; block heights become landscapes of time.
  • Todd Gray - Pop-art sculptures and skateboard-deck assemblages built from Bitcoin imagery.

Mixed Media & Craft

  • 5Ksana - Hand embroidery and sewing in cotton, linen, and silk; "craftivism" with Bitcoin themes.
  • Ariel Birdie - Mixed media, including the "Bitcoin Buddha" piece.
  • BTC Monk - Pyrography, charcoal lacquer, gold leaf, and resin on plywood; the "Faces of Bitcoin" series.
  • Camas Logue - Painting, carving, printmaking, and weaving grounded in place; Klamath Tribes member, BFTA Advisor.
  • Chiefmonkey - Laser-cut, layered works combining text and symbolism, rooted in cypherpunk philosophy and Nostr. (Nostr)
  • Crayonsmell - Laser-engraved wood pieces and limited prints, including "Bitcoin Mandala".
  • cryptograffiti - Mixed-media/screen-print; first artist to dedicate his career fully to Bitcoin/crypto.
  • Hodlxhold - Mixed-media canvases and prints on the Bitcoin timechain, sold for BTC only.
  • House of Ralfus - Relief block prints, painting, and drawing; 1/1 prints made on an 1860s Albion Press.
  • Lady RedHorns - Mixed media; "Angels of Freedom" series, auctioned via Bitcoin for the Arts. (Instagram, X/Twitter)
  • Madex - Mixed media; creative director of Bull Bitcoin.
  • Marcus Connor - Wood, installations, and music; drew the "Bitcoin Roller Coaster Guy" meme.
  • Missatoshi_girl - Street-art mixed media from recycled materials; graffiti language about privacy and freedom. (Instagram, X/Twitter, Nostr)
  • MLO (Martin Lukas Ostachowski) - Montreal artist working in painting, paper, print, and sculpture; geometric abstraction in the "In Plain Sight" series.
  • Modeotec - Assemblage from recycled circuit boards; discarded hardware as statements about sound money.
  • NAJP - Swiss artist who builds paintings and collages from real US dollars, paint, and gold leaf.
  • Proof of Ink - Hand screen-printed shirts and prints made with Bitcoin artists, who are paid in sats.
  • Rare Scrilla - Illustration, painting, and mixed media rooted in graffiti and hip-hop; also a DJ and producer.
  • Rebel Money - Mixed-media art made from currency, exploring monetary sovereignty ("Libertas Ex Arte").
  • Shamshad - Handwritten images built entirely from readable text, including a Bitcoin Whitepaper edition; editions produced by his son Schatoshi.
  • Tructor 21 - Murals, wheatpaste posters, sculpture, beadwork, and wearable design.
  • Volatile21 - Photography that projects light and Bitcoin imagery onto bodies; physical prints in editions of 21 (artistic nudity).
  • Yonat Vaks - Painting, sculpture, and re-imagined artifacts; "Bitcoin Art(e)facts" series on money and civilization.
  • ZETRA - Painting, print, sculpture, and installation mixing street art with system-based abstraction.

Design & Merch

  • Bitchair - Limited-edition furniture with woodwork and embroidery; each chair is both usable and Bitcoin merch.
  • Bitcoin Trading Cards - Physical collectible card line telling Bitcoin culture through limited editions. (X/Twitter, Nostr)
  • Go Brrr - SLA-resin 3D-printed Bitcoin art ("Bitcoin Prints"), sold alongside node, SeedSigner and cold-storage hardware kits.
  • Le Pleb Royale - Prints, posters, stickers, and pins for the Bitcoin community, including a BTCPay Server series.
  • Lena - Apparel and jewelry design for the Bitcoin community.
  • Lucho Poletti - Visual/graphic art, also apparel.
  • Mr.Crown - Poster and clothing graphics under the Renarchy project: privacy, cypherpunk culture, streetwear.
  • Ronin 21 - "Decentralized Racing": Bitcoin and Nostr racing-themed streetwear and posters.
  • Sea Is Medicine - Collage and wearable art with surf and sea imagery, sold as BTC Aloha shirts and accessories.
  • Tom Badley - Banknote design, lithography, and letterpress; author of Art & Money.
  • World of Rusty - Prints, trading cards, metal pieces, and resin lamps built from Bitcoin imagery and memes.

Literature

Books and long reads

  • 21 Futures: Tales from the Timechain - Anthology of 21 Bitcoin stories edited by Philip Charter (Konsensus Network, 2023); the second volume is Financial Fallout, dystopian financial futures.
  • Behemoth - Short story in the 21 Futures cypherpunk fiction project, by Pleb; audio edition on Fanfares (23 min, 2,100 sats).
  • Bitcoin Is Venice - Essays on the past and future of Bitcoin by Allen Farrington and Sacha Meyers (Bitcoin Magazine Books).
  • Bitcoin Savvy Kids - Picture books by Deanna Heikkinen, EdD that tell the history of money from cowrie shells to Bitcoin; chapter books for ages 9-11.
  • Bitcoin: A Treasure to HODL - Children's book by Lindey Magee; read as a sponsored live event at Bitcoin for the Arts' Bitcoin Arts Park.
  • Goodnight Bitcoin - Board book by Scott and Mallory Sibley (SHAmory) in which two monsters, Satoshi and Hal, create Bitcoin; the same authors wrote If You Give a Monster a Bitcoin.
  • Konsensus - Publishing house for sovereignty-themed books and essays; no trackers, no cookies, no consent banner.
  • Kontext - Estonian writer and musician; author of A Stoic Resurrection, draws parallels between Bitcoin and Stoicism.
  • Satoshi’s Fortune: A Novel - Alastair Mitchell's thriller about cypherpunks and a missing Bitcoin fortune in 2011 London; its sequel, Satoshi’s Inquisition: A Novel, follows a Bitcoin dark-web marketplace in 2012 San Francisco.
  • Satoshi Wedding Murders - Cypherpunk detective fiction by Nolan Bauerle (Count BTC), set in a Bitcoin-standard future where a double murder evades pervasive AI witnesses.
  • South of Market - Novel by Jeffrey Peel about technology, geopolitics, political influence, and energy as currency.
  • The Book of ₿itcoin - Free online satire that retells Bitcoin's history and ideas in the voice of scripture, with fact-check sections; written under the pen name Eric.
  • The Genesis Code: Block One - Free near-future political satire by E. G. Gore about money, power, and who gets to print belief.
  • The Satoshi Era - Dystopian sci-fi thriller set in 2139, by the pseudonymous Bill Halving (Konsensus), in which a future Satoshi resists an AI-ruled surveillance society.

Music & Stage

Music & Performing Arts: sats-per-stream sound, dancers and stage artists

  • Aaron Koenig - 13 original songs about Bitcoin and liberty on Laser Eyes.
  • Ainsley Costello - Singer-songwriter; first artist on Wavlake to hit 1 million sats, plays the Bitcoin conference circuit.
  • Benjamin Ella - Choreographer and former Royal Ballet soloist (17 seasons); talks about Bitcoin and sound money in Share Your Bitcoin Journey, episode 4.
  • Circle the Earth - Los Angeles band with members from four countries, releasing value-for-value with Hash Power Music.
  • Hash Power Music - Value-for-value music collective releasing independent artists over Lightning.
  • Ivy Lumi - Singer-songwriter; debut EP The Cure (2025) was funded through a Geyser campaign.
  • Joe Martin - UK singer-songwriter; early Wavlake and Fountain adopter earning more in sats than from streaming.
  • Josh Rogan - Los Angeles Americana and soul singer-songwriter; his debut "Heartbeat" came out value-for-value with Hash Power Music.
  • Kane Mayfield - Hip-hop musician and co-founder of Inscribed Audio, encoding Bitcoin transactions into music.
  • Longy - Southend-on-Sea "Gospel Trash" rock and punk artist, long active on Wavlake and value-for-value; played Revolution.Rocks 2026.
  • Man Like Kweks - Tanzanian hip-hop artist; documented earning far more via Wavlake sats than conventional distribution.
  • Matt Finlay - Melbourne musician releasing dissident music on a pay-what-you-want basis, including the Government Approved \[432Hz] EP; active on Nostr.
  • Reel Richard - Dynamic Bitcoin music videos and remixes, including the "2140" techno video and halving-epoch songs.
  • Rock'n'Roll Breakheart - Andy Burghardt's one-man rock'n'roll band; releases on Wavlake, played BFTA's Bitcoin Arts Park.
  • Roger9000 - Experimental songs about Bitcoin, Satoshi, and timechain mythology.
  • Sara Jade - San Diego keytar pop-rock artist; value-for-value early adopter featured on The Bitcoin Vinyl Record.
  • Scardust - Progressive metal band from the Revolution.Rocks Belgrade value-for-value lineup.
  • Tatiana Moroz - Berklee-trained singer-songwriter active in Bitcoin since 2012; experimented with Counterparty to fund and distribute her music, and put the album Keep the Faith on-chain in 2026.
  • The Higher Low - Rami Korhonen's rock project about freedom tech; albums include Freedom In the Digital Age.
  • The Orange Pill Jam Project - Zürich-based, copyleft/open-source Bitcoin-only music collective.
  • The Retrograde - Southern rock band releasing albums value-for-value on Lightning with Hash Power Music.
  • The Trusted - UK rock band releasing music value-for-value over Lightning with Hash Power Music.
  • Tip_NZ - NZ Bitcoin rap.
  • Vicious Clay - New York rock project of Vinny Silva, releasing value-for-value with Hash Power Music.

Film

Film & Documentary: documentaries and features

Documentaries

  • Bigger Than Bitcoin - My First Bitcoin's documentary series by Kyle Huber on Bitcoin education in Kenya.
  • Bitcoiners - 2023 documentary by Rob Johnson on Texas Bitcoiners; Golden Rabbit nominee at Bitcoin FilmFest 2024.
  • Death Athletic: A Dissident Architecture - 2023 documentary by Jessica Solce on Cody Wilson and code as speech; Bitcoin FilmFest 2024.
  • Dirty Coin - 2024 Bitcoin mining documentary by Alana Mediavilla; Best Movie at Bitcoin FilmFest 2024.
  • Finding Home - 2025 docuseries by Avi Burra pairing immigrants seeking a home with Bitcoiners seeking new money.
  • Finding Satoshi - 2026 documentary by Matthew Miele (Tucker Tooley Entertainment); journalist William Cohan and investigator Tyler Maroney spend four years hunting for Bitcoin's creator.
  • Human B - 2021 documentary following six people into Bitcoin; Audience Award at Bitcoin FilmFest 2023.
  • Hummingbird: The Bitcoin Jungle Story - 2026 documentary by DirectorHodl on a Bitcoin-run jungle community in Costa Rica.
  • Money Electric: The Bitcoin Mystery - 2024 HBO documentary by Cullen Hoback investigating Satoshi Nakamoto's identity.
  • No More Inflation - 2024 documentary by Maiku Tsukai on rising prices; Best Movie at Bitcoin FilmFest 2025; also screened as Escape Inflation.
  • Searching for Satoshi - 2023 documentary by Paul Kemp (CBC, The Passionate Eye) on the disappearance of Bitcoin's creator; Best Story at Bitcoin FilmFest 2024.
  • The Anatomy of Bitcoin - Open-source, community-funded hyper-realism film showing how the Bitcoin protocol works.
  • The Great Reset and the Rise of Bitcoin - 2022 documentary by Pierre Corbin on debt cycles and central banks; Bitcoin FilmFest 2023.
  • The Rise and Rise of Bitcoin - Early feature documentary (2014) by Nicholas Mross; premiered at Tribeca.
  • The Satoshi Mystery - 2021 ARTE series by Rémi Forte on Bitcoin's origins; first prize at Bitcoin FilmFest 2023.

Fiction

  • $BLEEP - Biweekly retro sci-fi animated series by Fzero, following an alien decoding humanity through Bitcoin, one transmission at a time.
  • Bitcoin & Friends - Animated Bitcoin cartoon series blending character-driven storytelling and comedy; episodes are available on YouTube.
  • Bitcoin Castle - German dark comedy (Bitcoin Schloss) by Bruno Schiebel about a Bitcoin prepper in a French château; Best Movie and Audience Choice at Bitcoin FilmFest 2026.
  • HODL - 2020 comedy short by The Garcia Brothers, made for 86 cents; Best Short at Bitcoin FilmFest 2024.
  • Hotel Bitcoin - 2024 Spanish comedy about friends who find 4,000 bitcoins; Best Story at Bitcoin FilmFest 2025.
  • The Bitcoin Executor - Feature by Christopher Arcella, made in Miami and New York: an economics professor delivers a missing friend's Bitcoin hardware wallets to his heirs. In late post-production; Bitcoin for the Arts micro-grant approved.
  • Who Is Bitcoin? - 2023 puppet short from Spiral starring Bitty, a grumpy Bitcoin; screened at Bitcoin FilmFest 2024.

Podcasts

Bitcoin culture in conversation: creators, stories, communities, ideas

Art & Creators

  • 21ism Podcast - Bitcoin artists' stories told through vision and sound, from the 21ism art collective (87 episodes, 2020-2022).
  • Bitcoin Art Podcast - Timechain Art Magazine's "The Movement of Art", long-form talks with Bitcoin artists.
  • The Bitcoin Muse - Podcast profiling Bitcoin creators across painting, sculpture, filmmaking, AI art, and collectibles (2023, complete).
  • Hell Money - Weekly show on Bitcoin's technology, culture, and vibe, hosted by Casey Rodarmor and Erin.
  • The Meme Factory™ Podcast - Comedy and meme-culture show from the Meme Factory crew with Bitcoin guests (archive to 2024).
  • Plebchain Radio - Weekly broadcast on Bitcoin and Nostr culture, with news and live music sessions.

Stories & People

  • Bitcoin People - Asks who Bitcoin owners are, what they hope for, and whether they form a community (64 episodes, 2022-2024).
  • Flirting With Bitcoin - Ian and his wife Mandana talk Bitcoin as a couple, light and personal (121 episodes, 2022-2025).
  • Life with Bitcoin - Stories of people whose values and life choices were shaped by Bitcoin.
  • Meet the Bitcoin Taco Plebs - Bitcoin Magazine show where plebs tell their own stories (48 episodes, 2020-2022).
  • Once Bitten! A Bitcoin Podcast - Daniel Prince collects real-life stories of how Bitcoin changed individuals and families.
  • Rabbit Hole Stories - Plebs tell how they fell down the Bitcoin rabbit hole, hosted by Joël Kai Lenz and Ian Scanlon (2021-2025).
  • SatoShe Stories - Women talk about their personal path to money and Bitcoin, in German and English.
  • Share Your Bitcoin Journey - Bitcoin for the Arts founder Dion Wilson interviews working artists, from dancers to writers, on how sound money changed their craft.
  • Women & Bitcoin - Sweden's first Bitcoin podcast for women, hosted by Rebecka and Hani.
  • Your Bitcoin Story - Personal Bitcoin stories, one guest and one story at a time.

Community & Places

Ideas & Philosophy

  • Bitcoin Audible - Guy Swann reads the best Bitcoin essays and articles aloud, with commentary.
  • The Bitcoin Infinity Show - Philosophy and practical tools for living free, hosted by Knut Svanholm and Luke de Wolf.
  • Cypherpunk Bitstream - Berlin podcast on crypto-anarchy and cypherpunk history and culture (16 episodes, 2020-2021).
  • Satoshi Nakamoto Institute - Readings and discussion of early Bitcoin, cryptography, and Austrian economics texts (2013-2014, complete).
  • The Staying Free Podcast - Real people around the world on staying free, sovereign, and sane (100 episodes, 2021-2025).
  • The Transformation of Value - Cody Ellingham explores freedom, money, and creativity through conversations.

Narrative Series

Institutions

Institutions & Spaces: galleries, funders, magazines, platforms

Galleries, Museums & Hubs

Archives & History

  • A Cypherpunk's Manifesto (1993) - Eric Hughes's founding text of the cypherpunk movement: privacy is necessary for an open society in the electronic age.
  • Cypherpunks Mailing List Archive - Browsable archive of the 1990s list where the ideas behind PGP, Tor, and Bitcoin were argued out in public.
  • SatoshiTimeline.com - Searchable timeline of 1,096 events from Satoshi Nakamoto's known history: writings, emails, forum posts, and code commits.
  • The Bitcoin Atlas - Interactive timeline museum of Bitcoin's key moments, miners, and famous blocks, from the whitepaper onward.
  • The Complete Satoshi - Satoshi Nakamoto Institute's library of every known Satoshi email, forum post, and line of code (CC BY-SA).
  • The Satoshi Archive - Year-round archive of interviews and long-form episodes on Bitcoin's story; home of The Game of Satoshi.

Community Spaces

  • Bitcoin Beach - El Zonte, El Salvador: the first Bitcoin circular economy; its podcast is listed under Podcasts.
  • Bitcoin Chiang Mai - Physical Bitcoin education and community hub in Chiang Mai, Thailand, serving Southeast Asia.
  • Bitcoin District Próspera - Bitcoin community inside the Próspera zone on Roatán, Honduras, with weekly workshops, coworking, and retreats.
  • Bitcoin Ekasi - Bitcoin circular economy in a Mossel Bay township, grown from The Surfer Kids NPO by Hermann Vivier and Jenya Zhivaleva.
  • Bitcoin Jungle - Open-source community project building a circular Bitcoin economy around Uvita, Costa Rica.
  • Bitcoin Park - Community-supported campus in Nashville and Austin for meetups, workshops, and summits.
  • Dutch Bitcoin Embassy - Netherlands hub with public events, builders, and a business circle; screens Finding Satoshi in The Hague.
  • Node NBO - Nairobi coworking space (opened May 2026) for Bitcoin, freedom tech, energy, and compute organizations in Africa.
  • Noderunners - Bitcoin community in Arnhem, Netherlands; its yearly conference hosts a Bitcoin art museum and a live auction with 90% of proceeds to the artists.
  • Paralelní Polis - Prague hackerspace and Bitcoin-only cafe founded in 2014 by the art collective Ztohoven; ran until 2024.
  • Presidio Bitcoin - San Francisco's first dedicated Bitcoin coworking and events space, with a podcast studio.
  • PubKey - Bitcoin-themed tavern and event venue in Washington, DC, with a sister bar in New York.
  • The Space - Denver's Bitcoin hub and venue in RiNo, with a podcast room.

Grants, Funders & Patronage

Publications & Media

  • Bitcoin Magazine - Print and online magazine; its Culture vertical runs recurring art coverage, including annual conference gallery previews.
  • Bitcoin Shipshow - Monthly online Bitcoin meetup and live demo show for Bitcoin, Lightning, and Nostr builders.
  • Bitcoin Video Magazine - Hour-long video show covering the Bitcoin ecosystem in short documentary segments.
  • Citadel21 - Cultural zine and long-form investigative journalism by hodlonaut, with print editions.
  • Proof of Work - Free-to-read Bitcoin lifestyle and culture magazine covering people, places, ideas, and experiences.
  • StackChain Magazine - Bitcoin pleb-focused magazine/zine sharing stories about the people and events in the Bitcoin world.
  • The Cultural Tutor - Essayist ("Areopagus" series) contextualizing Bitcoin artists within perennial cultural traditions.
  • Timechain Art Magazine - Runs a public Artist Directory, source for many entries above.

Platforms & Marketplaces

  • Fountain - Value4Value podcast platform and app; listeners send Lightning "boosts" straight to creators.
  • Geyser - Non-custodial Bitcoin crowdfunding for creators; campaigns and grants paid in Bitcoin and Lightning.
  • IndeeHub Studio - Lightning film streaming platform that pays filmmakers in real time per second watched.
  • scarce.city - Recurring commercial marketplace/auction hub; de facto backbone linking most named artists above.
  • Stacker News - Hacker News-style community where links, posts, and comments earn sats over Lightning.
  • Tunestr - Independent music live streaming where fans zap artists directly over Lightning and Nostr.
  • Wavlake - Value4Value music streaming; artists earn Lightning "zaps" directly from listeners.

Events

Events & Festivals: culture-first gatherings

  • Awesome Bitcoin Events - The canonical source for Bitcoin conferences, meetups, retreats, festivals, and technical gatherings worldwide.
  • Bitcoin FilmFest - Annual Warsaw festival of Bitcoin cinema awarding the Golden Rabbits; also a year-round film hub.
  • Bitcoin Graffiti Jam - 2140Art-led graffiti event in London and Prague, with live painting, music and open mic.
  • Bitfest - Four-day Manchester festival (19-22 Nov 2026) that pairs talks with a Bitcoin art exhibition, cinema, gaming, live music and Nostr; family-friendly.
  • Revolution.Rocks - Two-day Value4Value music festival on Belgrade's Zappa Barka; Lightning tips go straight to performing artists.
  • TAA (Temporary Autonomous Art) - UK open-access underground art festival run by the Random Artists collective since 2001.

Games

Play for the story, or for sats

Video Games

  • BitByBit RUN - Multiplayer runner race over Nostr relays where rivals can zap the winner real sats.
  • Bitcoin Mining Block Simulator - Educational game by BitPolito: pick mempool transactions, build a block header, and find a valid nonce.
  • Bitcoin VR - VR forest where you watch live Bitcoin transactions and prune the blockchain with a bow and arrow.
  • Bitcoinia - Retro 50-level arcade puzzler: push ledger blocks, stack sats, dodge the enemies of sound money.
  • Blockstr - Tetris clone with Lightning pay-to-play and scores signed and published on Nostr.
  • Chain Duel - PvP Snake-style game where two chains fight for the block reward; skill-based Lightning wagers. (source)
  • Citadel Run - Endless runner; 100 sats buys a life over Lightning, scores published on Nostr with a weekly top 10.
  • Citadel Snake - Snake variant; 100 sats per life over Lightning, with a weekly Nostr bounty board.
  • Citadel War - Tower defense with weekly map changes, Lightning payments, and scores on Nostr.
  • Clixel - Everyone chases one moving pixel; misses grow the pot and the first hit wins it in sats.
  • Conway's Game of Pacman - Pac-Man in a Game of Life arena; one free game a day, continues paid in sats.
  • Crypto Classics - Free retro arcade remakes (Chuckie ₿, Invaders, Firedrake); the weekly top score wins sats.
  • DOOM on Bitcoin - A DOOM clone inscribed on a single satoshi that runs in the browser straight from chain data.
  • Gamestr - Nostr leaderboard hub for small Bitcoin-themed browser games such as Sats-Man and blockstr.
  • Halving Massacre - Last-player-standing game by La Crypta: zap sats to survive eliminations decided by block hashes.
  • Hashteroids - Asteroids clone with credits bought over Lightning and high scores posted to Nostr.
  • Jippi - Pokémon GO-style AR game: catch Bitcoin Beasts by answering Bitcoin trivia and earn sats.
  • Maximalist - Episode 1 - Mega Man-style platformer starring Bitcoin maximalist Chad Von Mises fighting NFT monsters.
  • One Man's Trash - Satirical junkyard game hunting a lost hard drive full of coins, inspired by the James Howells saga.
  • OpenBitcoin Games - Free browser games (Block Builder, The Last Sat and more) that teach mining, fees, and odds.
  • PenguinShooter - Browser RPG demo where paying in-game Lightning invoices spawns monsters and triggers events.
  • Proof of Score - Asteroids-style shooter with pay-per-play over Lightning and a daily high-score prize pool.
  • SaruTobi - Monkey-flinging arcade game, the first mobile Bitcoin game (2013), relaunched with sat rewards via ZBD.
  • Satoshi Settlers - Experimental MMO-style world builder based on Bitcoin blocks, linked to Lightning.
  • Satoshi Speedway - Hacked Mario Kart 64 that streams real sats over Lightning to racers; played live at Bitcoin 2026.
  • Satoshi's Place - Collaborative million-pixel canvas where every pixel costs 1 sat over Lightning.
  • Saving Satoshi - Free, open-source story RPG that teaches Bitcoin tech through coding challenges.
  • Shitcoin Blaster - Shoot-'em-up against altcoins; 5 sats per session over Lightning or Ark.
  • Simple Bitcoin: Learn & Earn - Bitcoin-only lessons and quizzes that unlock spins paying sats.
  • Snake.dance - Multiplayer skill snake with bosses and a daily leaderboard; Lightning login, sat prizes.
  • Space Zappers - Retro Space Invaders-style arcade game; 21 sats per play over Lightning, Nostr-native.
  • StackerMan - Bomberman-style browser game: pay 100 sats to play and collect bitcoin icons worth real sats.
  • ₿ THE GAME - Minimalist browser game where you move the Bitcoin symbol; a novelty from Satsymbol.org.
  • The Game of Satoshi - Yearly puzzle hunt inside The Satoshi Archive's series on Bitcoin history; prize paid in Bitcoin.
  • Timechain Arcade - Browser arcade of Bitcoin-themed and educational games with leaderboards, badges, and sat-priced credits.
  • WHERE the F$CK is my BITCOIN - Co-op digging sim about searching a dump for the Bitcoin you threw away.

Board & Card Games

  • Age of Bitcoin - Board game about diversifying investments, where only Bitcoin outpaces inflation.
  • Bitcoin Puzzle Playing Cards - Acrylic puzzle block you must "mine" to release two Bitcoin-themed card decks.
  • Bitcoin the Card Game - 78-card open-drafting card game with a Bitcoin theme.
  • Bitcoin Wars - Bidding card game with money cards, special cards, and collectible Bitcoin cards.
  • Blockhunters - Board game of strategy, luck, and bluffing around ten private keys; crowdfunded on Geyser.
  • HODL UP - Family board game about mining the blockchain and stacking the most sats.
  • SHAmory - Card game that teaches kids how Bitcoin mining works.

Digital Board & Card Games

  • Bitcoin CCG - Digital companion to the physical Bitcoin Collectible Card Game by Rogue Signal; play bots or people.
  • Bitcoin Chess - Chess by Super Testnet where every move is signalled in a Bitcoin transaction via key tweaking.
  • Bitcoin Monopoly (ecash edition) - Monopoly played with Cashu ecash or real sats instead of play money.
  • BTC: Proof of Play - Hearthstone-style 1v1 Bitcoin card battler with a live mempool hub.
  • Satoshi's Goal - Football card game with sat rewards for rankings and missions, withdrawn over Lightning.

Wagering & Casino

  • Clinch - Head-to-head skill games such as blackjack and block puzzles, wagered in bitcoin.
  • Lightning Poker - No-limit Texas Hold'em with sats as chips; Lightning buy-in and cash-out, open-source code.
  • The Daily Thunder - Lightning lottery with 1-sat tickets and provably fair draws every 100 Bitcoin blocks.