Advance bids are open. Lightning silent auction at Bitcoi Arts Park Midwest Bitcoin Summit · Columbus · Sept 23–24 CA Danner. Lady RedHorns. Shipwreck Sean. Timechain Mag Genesis Edition. Bid in sats from home. Highest advance bid seeds the paper sheet on the Expo floor. Winner picks up in person Thursday at 3 PM. No shipping. No platform cut. Lots:

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BFTA × Midwest Bitcoin Summit · September 23–24, 2026 · Columbus, OH. Curated film cinema, Secondary Stage performances by Ainsley Costello an...

Share Your Bitcoin Journey — Episode 16 Nadia Vaeh “In ancient Rome there were patrons who paid people to produce plays, installations, sculpture. Modern society evolved away from that. We need to return to it. Demystify what it actually takes to make the art that moves people. When that returns, the art only gets more honest.” #ShareYourBitcoinJourney #BitcoinArt #Patronage #Nostr

Issue #25 is live. One week to Midwest. Bitcoin Arts Park · Sept 23–24 · Columbus Expo floor. @Ainsley Costello opens Wednesday. Rock ’n’ Roll Andy Breakheart Thursday. Nadia Vaeh pitches One Poop Scoop Away. Short North Stage. Lightning silent auction. Cinema. Living Room. Episode 16 with Nadia is out.

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Bitcoin for the Arts. Issue #25.

One week to Midwest. Nadia Ep 16. Short North Stage + Liberty International.

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Share Your Bitcoin Journey — Episode 16 Nadia Vaeh “The industry only shows the highlights. That’s why I love documentary. It shows the side hustles an artist takes on to move the work forward. The burnout. The exhaustion. You wake up. You do it tired. Because it is the fuel.” #ShareYourBitcoinJourney #BitcoinMusic #IndependentArtist #Nostr

Share Your Bitcoin Journey, Episode 16 with Nadia Vaeh. Award-winning recording artist and filmmaker. Owner of Galactic Cat Records. Documenting what "make it" means for indie artists in One Poop Scoop Away. Music as a lifeline. Streaming math versus patronage. Ownership. Bitcoin. Midwest Bitcoin Summit. Full episode: #Bitcoin #Nostr #BitcoinForTheArts #BFTA #IndieMusic #SoundMoney #V4V

Share Your Bitcoin Journey — Episode 15 @Ainsley Costello “Think back to 1,000 true fans. With Bitcoin and Lightning, that idea is real. A thousand people giving you $100 a year on the Lightning rail.” #ShareYourBitcoinJourney #BitcoinMusic #Lightning #Value4Value #1000TrueFans #Nostr

Share Your Bitcoin Journey — Episode 15 @Ainsley Costello “I have the most supportive parents in the world. They moved me to Nashville at 15. COVID hit. Both my parents were out of work. I didn’t get Music Row in person that first year. I did it virtually. Hundreds of songs. Leave your ego at the door. Do what’s best for the song.” #ShareYourBitcoinJourney #Bitcoin #Nostr

Issue #24 is live. Cinema at Bitcoin Arts Park. Films on the Expo floor. Pitches at the booth from Nadia Vaeh and Jason R. Johnston. Dirty Coin. Finding Home. Hummingbird. Bigger Than Bitcoin. Till My Last Breath. One Poop Scoop Away. @Ainsley Costello opens the Park. Share Your Bitcoin Journey Ep 15 is out. Two weeks. Columbus.

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Bitcoin for the Arts. Issue #24.

Cinema at Bitcoin Arts Park. Plus Ainsley on SYBJ Ep 15.

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Share Your Bitcoin Journey — Episode 15 @Ainsley Costello Music Row. Bitcoin Park. Two old Florida Georgia Line houses. A Lightning summit in July 2023. Her dad sat in on a Wavelake demo, came home, and said: “Trust me on this one. Go down tomorrow.” #ShareYourBitcoinJourney #Bitcoin #Nostr #Wavelake

Share Your Bitcoin Journey Ep 15 is live. @Ainsley Costello: Nashville pop rock, first to 1M sats on Wavlake with Cherry On Top, and opening Bitcoin Arts Park at Midwest. Watch the full conversation: #Music #Art #Rock #Nashville #Artists #SongWriters #CherryonTop #Musician #BitcoinArt #AinsleyCostello #BitcoinForTheArts

Share Your Bitcoin Journey — Episode 14 @MadMunky2140 “Your phone is a tracking device. Your phone is following you. Listening. Recording you when you’re sleeping. Why you not looking for the solutions? The solutions are there. I’m Nostr native because algorithms completely destroy my head. I touched the banking system, Palestine, war — and I realized I’m invisible to my friends. My people don’t see my content.” #ShareYourBitcoinJourney #Bitcoin #Nostr

Issue #23 is live. The auction table is filling for Bitcoin Arts Park. Lots: @cityalley21 — Satoshi White Paper Series #52 @Lady RedHorns — The Transfer of Light @Shipwreck Sean — HODL On @Timechain Art Magazine Genesis Edition Founded by @Asanoha | Timechain Art Magazine Asanoha Share Your Bitcoin Journey Ep 14 — @MadMunky2140 Bid:

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Bitcoin for the Arts. Issue #23.

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Share Your Bitcoin Journey — Episode 14 @MadMunky2140 “All I want to do in a few years is give keys to my kids, to my close people, to my tribe, to my very good friends. Keys to the world built by my people, by cypherpunks, that respect my privacy and my values. Not the world built by governments.” #ShareYourBitcoinJourney #Bitcoin #Nostr #cypherpunks

Share Your Bitcoin Journey — Episode 14 @MadMunky2140 “Manifesto number four was printed in the oakwood. Stencil techniques. Building communities like 2140. People don’t understand how this matrix is eating us. Title of the artwork: Fuck the Banks. Banks don’t own nothing. Money in the banks is not your money. It’s a pure scam. That’s how they control us. We don’t want this.” #ShareYourBitcoinJourney #Bitcoin #2140 #Nostr

Issue #22 is out. Gallery. Film. Live painting raffle. Artist openers both days. Call for more artists to put themselves on the floor at Bitcoin Arts Park. Read it:

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Bitcoin for the Arts. Issue #22.

Tell Sean what to paint.

Stack culture.

Artists — We’re collecting short (30–60 sec) video clips for the Bitcoin Arts Park booth at Midwest Bitcoin Summit. Name + discipline + whatever you want to say about yourself, Bitcoin, or BFTA. We’ll play them throughout the two days. Raw is welcome. Send via DM or hello@bitcoinforthearts.org Let’s put signed, sovereign creators on the floor.

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Chicago’s Dance for Life is raising $500K for dancers without real health coverage. The healthcare gap is real. The monetary gap under it is deeper. A dollar grant is a claim on future care that may cost more than the claim can buy. New piece from BFTA: The Gaps in the Dam

The Gaps in the Dam

Chicago’s Dance for Life benefit is on track to raise $500,000 for dancers who are uninsured, underinsured, and aging off their parents’ plans....

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We are looking for a visual artist to feature in our booth at the Midwest Bitcoin Summit. 9/23 -9/24 Name an artist👇👇👇 #BitcoinArt #VisualArtist #Artist #Art

“Why oil? Why classic technique for a subject that exists in code?” Anik Malcolm’s answer: proof of human. The small irregularities. The warmth. The thing that makes the image intrinsically human instead of just printed. He tried a graphic version. It was colder. More austere. Oil carries something the machine can’t. Clip from Episode 13: