San Francisco Art Fair Takes a Creative Look at Bitcoin
Fourteen artists showed off bitcoin-inspired works amid music and free refreshments last Thursday 6th March at the Bitcoin Art Fair in San Francisco's Mission District. The organisers estimated that between 100 to 150 people attended the show at 20Mission - a "startup living community where programmers, designers, artists and entrepreneurs live, work and play". The event was actually part exhibition/part bitcoin meetup. 20Mission hosts a regular get-together for San Francisco's bitcoiners and, as well as discussing and enjoying the art on display, merchandise was on sale too - with bitcoin....
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