Artists Turn to Bitcoin for Inspiration, Not Personal Finance
When it comes to bitcoin's use as money, word-of-mouth has been its biggest asset. The journey from Internet obscurity to interest from financial incumbents has been a long one, but it started with passionate users, willing to discuss its benefits with friends, and those friends, intrigued by the idea, began to explore – and spend – the currency themselves. Bitcoin, because of its peer-to-peer design, thrives on connection. As this conversation goes viral, talk of digital currencies is spreading across the globe, and one community that has been drawn to bitcoin (and the blockchain) is....
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There is a Reddit post from August 2013, in which a purported time traveler shared a dystopian future brought on by the proliferation of Bitcoin in the year 2025. Things are looking bleak here, and some of you will carry blood on your hands, the time traveler warned readers, telling them of a world of vast inequality and economic decline. The Bitcoin earlies live in fortified cities, as there are no more governments due to the difficulty of enforcing taxation.This is the inspiration of the setting created by ENCODE Graphics, a comic publisher committed to expressing the myths of the crypto....
Cryptocurrency inspires all segments of society, from Wall Street bankers to American country singers. Country singer John Barrett now offers up his own inspiration in his "Ode to Satoshi." Barrett hails Satoshi Nakamoto, the founder of Bitcoin as someone who "came to save the day." He dedicates the song to famous country singer Pete Seeger and bitcoin evangelist Andreas Antonopoulos. Barrett croons about the inevitability of the currency: "I know you're going to reign...til everybody knows...your name." He purrs about the political implications of bitcoin and how it will "deliver us from....