🧡 New BFTA Newsletter just dropped — Issue #17 This week we’re covering: • Why Broadway’s Cats: The Jellicle Ball is closing despite three Tony Awards and strong weekly grosses — and what it reveals about the broken funding model for the arts • Episode 12 of Share Your Bitcoin Journey with Philip Charter (Bitcoin ghostwriter, co-editor of 21 Futures, and advocate for sovereign publishing) • Bitcoin Arts Park updates at the Midwest Bitcoin Summit (Sept 22–24) — volunteers and sponsors needed • Growing the BFTA Artist Directory If you care about sound money, working artists, and real cultural sovereignty, this one’s worth reading. Read the full issue here:

Bitcoin For The Arts

Bitcoin for the Arts. Issue #17.

Broadway is closing. The money broke first.

#Bitcoin #BitcoinForTheArts #SoundMoney #ShareYourBitcoinJourney #BitcoinArts #SovereignArt #ArtistFunding #Broadway #MidwestBitcoinSummit #BitcoinCulture #ValueForValue #BitcoinPodcast #Nostr #CreatorEconomy #BitcoinCommunity

New episode of Share Your Bitcoin Journey just dropped. @Totally Human Writer, the British author, editor, and ghostwriter behind Totally Human Writer, sits down with Bitcoin For The Arts for a full conversation on writing, fiction, and community as the tools that actually change minds. Philip is the co-editor of 21 Futures: Tales from the Timechain, the world's first Bitcoin fiction anthology, released by Konsensus Network in December 2023 and presented at Bitcoin Atlantis in 2024. He is the author of seven books in his own name. And he is the driving force behind the Gran Canaria Bitcoin community and its "Proof of Walk" gatherings. Highlights from the conversation: * Leaving a London marketing career in 2011 and teaching English across Latin America, Asia, and Spain * Publishing the first book of short fiction in 2018 * The coaching client whose book about "something called Bitcoin" changed everything * Founding Totally Human Writer as the deliberate opposite of AI-generated content * Editing 21 Futures with Knut Svanholm, Ioni Appelberg, and Niko Laamanen * Bitcoin Atlantis 2024, and the anthology becoming a Konsensus Network imprint * Expanding from Bitcoin fiction to the wider freedom-fiction universe * Three million LinkedIn impressions on writing tips for Bitcoin founders * Life on a Bitcoin standard as a resident of a Spanish island * Advice for writers looking to work in the Bitcoin space professionally Watch: #Bitcoin #Nostr #BitcoinForTheArts #BFTA #21Futures #SoundMoney #V4V #Writer #Art #BitcoinArt

🧡 New from Bitcoin for the Arts: Broadway just killed its most-awarded new musical of the season after only five months. Cats: The Jellicle Ball won three Tony Awards, made history with the first openly trans woman to win a Tony for costume design, and was grossing close to a million dollars a week. It still couldn’t survive. Andrew Lloyd Webber says the American theater is in “dire danger.” He’s right — but the reason isn’t what most people think. This isn’t really a story about taste, diversity, or streaming. It’s a story about money. When production costs triple (or more) while the dollar quietly loses value every year, even successful new work gets crushed by the math. Broadway had its biggest year ever in ticket sales. At the same time, most new musicals are closing inside four or five months. The same pattern is showing up across the arts — ballet companies cutting roles, orchestras struggling, regional theaters shrinking. Different cities, different disciplines, same underlying pressure. If you’re an artist trying to build something that lasts longer than the next budget cycle, this is worth understanding. Read the full piece:

Broadway Just Killed Its Most-Awarded New Show in Five Months. The Money Is Why.

Three Tonys. A million a week. A record $1.91 billion Broadway season. And it still closes August 8 after five months. Andrew Lloyd Webber says the...

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🧡 New BFTA Newsletter just dropped! This week we’re covering: • New episode of *Share Your Bitcoin Journey* with Alana Mediavilla, director of the powerful Bitcoin mining documentary *Dirty Coin* • Midwest Bitcoin Summit updates — we’re looking for volunteers, sponsors, and homeschool families for a special book reading • NEA July grant cycle is now open • Christie's Art+Tech Summit happening this week If you care about artists building on Bitcoin, sound money, and real sovereignty in the arts, this one’s worth reading. Read the full issue here:

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Bitcoin for the Arts. Issue #16.

The most important documentary on Bitcoin mining ever made.

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New episode of Share Your Bitcoin Journey just dropped. Alana Mediavilla, the Puerto Rican filmmaker behind Dirty Coin and founder of Campo Libre, sits down with Bitcoin For The Arts for a two-hour conversation about the making of the most important documentary on Bitcoin mining ever made. She spent more than a decade inside Silicon Valley producing for Google, Apple, PayPal, Volkswagen, and Volvo. In 2020 she walked away, moved her family home to Puerto Rico, and built Dirty Coin from the ground up. The film has since been screened in over 200 cities through a community-hosted distribution model, and won Best National Documentary in Puerto Rico as the first English-language film ever to do so. Highlights from the conversation: * Buying 3 BTC at $200 each in 2015, and how she found out her husband had sold them at $600 * The 2018 phone call from her Cuban grandfather that reframed Bitcoin as a family-scale tool * Why she left Google Cloud during the 2020 lockdown and moved the kids home to Puerto Rico * Becoming a Bitcoin-only maxi after watching neighbors get rug-pulled on the island * What Malawi taught her that Texas could not, and why Bitcoin mining unlocks stranded renewable energy * Financing a documentary in Bitcoin, and the day a 40k BTC donation turned into 70k of production spend * Community-hosted distribution: 500 screenings in 200 cities via Kinema, aimed at meetup leaders * Node Runners, her next documentary on how to own your own data and run your own compute * Advice for women and mothers looking at Bitcoin from outside the movement Watch: #Bitcoin #Nostr #BitcoinForTheArts #BFTA #DirtyCoin #SoundMoney #V4V

New clip from Share Your Bitcoin Journey 🧡 Lindey Magee shares how she used the Bitcoin from her late husband’s life insurance to fund her children’s book — even though it meant spending what could have been long-term wealth. She explains that she did it because she believed the book would matter. Dion responds by pointing out that she operated with true low time preference and created something with real generational value. This is a beautiful example of Bitcoin enabling creators to build things that can outlast them. Full episode: #Bitcoin #SoundMoney #ValueForValue #LowTimePreference #Nostr

Bitcoin Journey 🧡 After losing her husband, Lindey Magee made a bold decision with the life insurance he left behind. Instead of following the traditional path of studying Bitcoin first and then deciding, she acted on strong conviction. She put the money into Bitcoin — and credits that decision with giving her and her daughter stability and freedom during one of the hardest seasons of their lives. She shares: “That decision is the reason why Palyn and I have a roof over our heads today… I was able to have the freedom to pour into her versus be stressed out over finances.” New clip from Share Your Full episode: #Bitcoin #SoundMoney #ValueForValue #Nostr #Mom #HomeSchool #Conviction

New clip from Share Your Bitcoin Journey 🧡 Lindey Magee shares a very practical reality of living on a Bitcoin standard: Even during a bear market, she’s been able to stretch her money significantly further — sometimes living at “more than half off.” As a result, the life insurance her late husband left her has gone twice as far (or more) than it would have in fiat. Dion points out: She took fiat money and made it go twice as far in a world where most people are losing purchasing power. Full episode: #Bitcoin #SoundMoney #ValueForValue #Nostr

New clip from Share Your Bitcoin Journey 🧡 In this moment, Lindey Magee shares how her faith shaped her view of money: She explains that fiat currency “steals from savers through inflation and punishes the poor,” and that this offends the character of God. For her, discovering Bitcoin wasn’t just financial — it was a conviction she believes came from the Holy Spirit. Full episode: #Bitcoin #SoundMoney #ValueForValue #Nostr

New episode of Share Your Bitcoin Journey 🧡 This week I sat down with Lindey Magee, a Mississippi mother and author of the children’s book *Bitcoin: A Treasure to HODL*. After losing her husband to cancer, Lindey made the decision to put his life insurance into Bitcoin. That choice gave her the freedom to stay home with her daughter, heal, and eventually write a book introducing sound money to families. Her story is honest, faith-filled, and deeply moving. Watch the full episode: #Bitcoin #BitcoinJourney #SoundMoney #ValueForValue #Nostr #HomeSchool #Mom #Arts #Artist

New issue of the Bitcoin for the Arts newsletter just dropped 🧡 This week we cover: - Full programming details for **Bitcoin Arts Park** at the Midwest Bitcoin Summit (film screenings, live performances, Lightning wallet activation, and a peer-to-peer silent auction) - New episode of *Share Your Bitcoin Journey* with Lindey Magee, author of *Bitcoin: A Treasure to HODL* - Q3 micro-grant applications now open for working artists Read the full issue here:

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Bitcoin for the Arts — Issue #15

$323 million and still not enough.

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Artists, what is the most creative way you have marshaled fiat to transfer into sound money, during this opportunity market? 🧡

New clip from Share Your Bitcoin Journey 🧡 BFTA founder, @Dion Wilson references @Jeff Booth point that as Bitcoin gains more recognition and adoption, the noise in the space will grow louder — making it increasingly difficult to focus on what actually matters. He explains why it’s especially important for artists to understand Bitcoin as peer-to-peer, rather than getting lost in the growing confusion around it. Full episode: #Bitcoin #BitcoinJourney #SoundMoney #ValueForValue #BitcoinForTheArts #Nostr

New clip from Share Your Bitcoin Journey 🧡 Lady Nakamoto shares how snowboarding and the X Games helped lead the way for equal prize money for women in sports — a big step forward at the time. She also talks about her older sister, a 3-time Olympian who was the first woman named to the U.S. Snowboard Team in 1998 and won a bronze medal in 2006. Watch the clip: Full episode: #Bitcoin #BitcoinJourney #Olympics #Snowboarding #XGames #WomenInSports #BitcoinForTheArts #Nostr

New clip from Share Your Bitcoin Journey 🧡 Lady Nakamoto shares how she transitioned from competitive downhill ski racing to snowboarding in the late ‘90s — right as the X Games took off. She describes the X Games as a “massive cultural revolution” that felt just like Bitcoin for sports. Athletes stepped outside the traditional system, took control of their sponsorships and events, and built something entirely new. Full episode: Do you see any other moments in culture or sports that felt like “Bitcoin before Bitcoin”? #Bitcoin #BitcoinJourney #SoundMoney #ValueForValue #BitcoinForTheArts #Nostr #Sports #Skiing #SnowBoarding

New clip from Share Your Bitcoin Journey 🧡 In this short intro, Lady Nakamoto reflects on how Bitcoin felt different from anything else she had encountered. She describes it as “so much more than money… it’s like a living organism” and compares it to a landscape — something that felt natural and aligned with how she already moved through the world. From growing up in Alaska as a competitive skier and snowboarder, to going through a major personal crisis, to her first peer-to-peer Bitcoin art sale in Portland, her journey has a very grounded, embodied quality. Movement is our first language. The way a person moves across the room is the way a person walks through life. Watch the clip: #Bitcoin #BitcoinJourney #SoundMoney #ValueForValue #BitcoinArt #Nostr #Arts #Artists #Sports

New issue of the Bitcoin for the Arts newsletter is live 🧡 This week we cover: - Becoming a founding sponsor of *The Six Billion Dollar Man*, the Golden Globe-winning documentary about Julian Assange - Our new plans for **Bitcoin Arts Park** — a dedicated 30-foot cultural footprint at the Midwest Bitcoin Summit featuring film, art, Lightning auctions, and live performances - Episode 9 with Lady Nakamoto - How the community paid Ainsley Costello ~7 million sats peer-to-peer at Camp Nakamoto Read here:

Bitcoin For The Arts

Bitcoin for the Arts — Issue #14

Bitcoin produced this film. We helped fund it.

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Clip from Share Your Bitcoin Journey with Lady Nakamoto. She shares what it felt like to sell her first piece of art peer-to-peer using Bitcoin: “It was so weird… and it was so instinctual. It was magic. It was wild. It was an embodied experience. It was just a love. It was a real connection of heart to heart.” A beautiful reminder of what peer-to-peer exchange can actually feel like when it’s real. Watch the clip: #Bitcoin #BitcoinArt #ValueForValue #PeerToPeer #BitcoinForTheArts #Nostr

New episode of Share Your Bitcoin Journey 🧡 In this conversation, Lady Nakamoto opens up about her journey from competitive snowboarding (X Games & World Cup) to becoming a digital artist and Rolfer. She shares how her background in sports and bodywork gave her a unique lens on Bitcoin. One that focuses heavily on, wholeness, sovereignty, and seeing the big picture rather than getting lost in the parts. Beth also talks about: - Selling her first artwork peer-to-peer with Bitcoin in Portland - Why Bitcoin feels like a natural extension of freedom and self-determination (especially relevant in Alaska) - How Bitcoin can support Indigenous communities seeking real sovereignty This episode has a very grounded, philosophical, and artistic energy. 🎥 Watch: #Bitcoin #BitcoinJourney #SoundMoney #ValueForValue #BitcoinArt #Nostr #Sports #XGames #Athlete #DigitalArt #Artists #Arts

Good morning, create something that outlives you.🧡