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🧡 BFTA Artist Directory is now live
A private, opt-in network of working artists who believe in sovereignty and sound money.
Your info stays private. Only the count is public. We facilitate warm introductions between verified artists on request.
This is how we build a real support base of creators who understand what we’re doing at Bitcoin for The Arts.
If you’re a working artist — painter, musician, filmmaker, writer, performer, maker — come be counted.
Join here: bitcoinforthearts.org/artist…
The more of us there are, the stronger the signal we send to the Bitcoin world and Tradfi world.
#BitcoinForTheArts#SovereignArt#BitcoinArtists#ValueForValue
🧡 Clip from Share Your Bitcoin Journey EP7 with @thomasforsyth
“There’s something so different about having a private key to your own social media profile… You post something you’re proud of and a stranger zaps you a micro-payment just to say they loved it. It totally changed my relationship with money.”
Tom on the magic of Nostr Lightning — real ownership and direct value that still blows his mind.
This is the future creatives have been waiting for.
#Bitcoin#Nostr#Lightning#ValueForValue#BitcoinForTheArts#ShareYourBitcoinJourney#SovereignArt
🧡 Clip from the latest Share Your Bitcoin Journey with @thomasforsyth
“It’s this really difficult thing to describe or fully grasp until you start playing around with it… There’s a lot to feel pessimistic about in the world right now. But at the same time, things like Nostr, Lightning, and Bitcoin feel like green shoots of hope coming through.”
Tom on why these tools feel genuinely exciting in difficult times — not as abstract theory, but as something you feel once you start using them.
What’s one thing in Bitcoin or Nostr that gives you real hope right now?
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To all my friends exhibiting their art during @BTCPrague 2026. I’m gifting each of you a personal collectible, a "Artist Exhibition participant Chip" in 22K Gold and red!
Thank you for creating Bitcoin culture through physical art and making it accessible to the public. Massive thanks also to @FractalEncrypt for curating the gallery with so much passion. 🙏🎨
To all art lovers and those curious:
Support these artists! They are a massive part of the Bitcoin movement. Talk to them, exchange ideas, and get inspired. And most importantly - buy their art!
Just like with BTC, "we are early"
The art you buy today is created by true pioneers, it will appreciate in value.
Thank you for your support! 🧡
#PCBArt#BitcoinArt#BitcoinCulture#ValueForValue
From the village kitchen to the global network. Sound money knows no borders. 🥚🔥
#Bitcoin is fixing the world, one local shop at a time. ⚡
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🧡 Bitcoin For The Arts is featured in the new book “The Last Refuge: Bitcoin Amid the Digital Dystopia” by Victor Rosano.
In it, our Founder Dion Wilson shares how we’re building direct, transparent, and sovereign funding rails for working artists using Bitcoin — moving away from unstable fiat grants and toward sound money for creators.
Huge thanks to Victor for including BFTA in this important project alongside so many strong voices in the space.
Get the book here:
English: amzn.eu/d/0bdAJEMD
Spanish: amzn.eu/d/0hUf8msa
If you care about the intersection of Bitcoin, art, culture, and sovereignty — this one’s worth reading.
#Bitcoin#BitcoinForTheArts#SovereignArt#SoundMoney#TheLastRefuge#ValueForValue#CreatorEconomy
🧡 Real Bitcoin art sale happened at @BITCOINisforALL in Portland
While volunteering at the Bitcoin For The Arts booth, @Radicalart777 sold one of her original artworks — and the buyer paid her in Bitcoin on the spot.
This is what sound money as a medium of exchange for art actually looks like.
History books will record that one of the earliest modern use cases for Bitcoin was artists getting paid directly by their audience.
#Bitcoin#ValueForValue#BitcoinArtists#BitcoinIsForEveryone#SovereignArt#BitcoinForTheArts#LadyNakamoto
🧡 Bitcoin For The Arts — Issue #9 just dropped
This week:
Full episode with @SaraJadeMusic is out — getting zapped live on stage, 30k on Nostr, and leaving traditional streaming behind
Portland recap from Beth Alta Fletcher at Bitcoin Is For Everyone
The $1.1 Billion art night at Christie’s vs reality for working artists
September Benefit at Pubkey DC update
Real talk on the gap between blue-chip art money and actual support for creators — and how Bitcoin fixes it.
Read Issue #9 here: bitcoin-for-the-arts.beehiiv…#Bitcoin#Nostr#BitcoinForTheArts#SaraJade#ValueForValue#BitcoinArtists#SovereignArt#SoundMoney#ClubOrange
“This is it… This has to be my connection between Bitcoin and the arts.”
I watched friends in the arts struggling — dance companies going on strike, artists barely scraping by — and then the news broke: Broadway was on the verge of a full strike.
That exact month, the idea for Bitcoin For The Arts was born.
The fiat system is collapsing, and the arts are feeling it first.
This clip is from my conversation with @WriterHeatherL.
Watch it here 👇 youtu.be/O1kLFTpabK0
The traditional funding model is broken. Sound money for sovereign artists is the way forward.
#BitcoinForTheArts#SovereignArt#ValueForValue#BitcoinArtists#SoundMoney#FiatSucks#ArtsFunding#Bitcoin
“You don’t own your content. You are the product.”
@SaraJadeMusic on why she gets suppressed on TikTok — and why she now builds on Nostr.
On centralized platforms your content can be shadowbanned, demonetized, or taken down at any moment.
On Nostr? It’s decentralized. You own it. You can stay anonymous. And no one can switch the rules on you overnight.
This is why more artists are moving.
Watch the clip from our latest Share Your Bitcoin
Journey episode:
youtu.be/U6cHaC-ZFWY
What platform do you feel most “owned” by?
Drop it below 👇
#Bitcoin#Nostr#SaraJade#ValueForValue#BitcoinArtists#CreatorEconomy#OwnYourContent#Decentralized#SoundMoney#BitcoinForTheArts
🧡 Intro clip just dropped
Meet Sara Jade (@SaraJadeMusic ) — cinematic pop-rock artist, keytar queen, San Diego Music Award winner, and one of the most visible women building in Bitcoin music.
This is the opening of our latest Share Your Bitcoin Journey episode. She breaks down how she went from traditional platforms to thriving on Nostr and getting zapped in real time while performing live.
Full episode is live now:
youtu.be/U6cHaC-ZFWY
Watch the intro clip and tell me what you think 👇
#Bitcoin#Nostr#SaraJade#ValueForValue#BitcoinArtists#TuneStr#BitcoinForTheArts#CreatorEconomy#SoundMoney
🧡 Raw talent on the NYC subway.
This violinist didn’t wait for a stage, a grant, or permission. Just a violin, the underground, and the courage to create.
This is what artists have always done — turning everyday spaces into moments of beauty.
In a world of unstable funding and broken systems, Bitcoin For The Arts exists to give creators like this real sovereignty: direct support, no middlemen, sound money that actually holds value.
If you see an artist creating in public — support them. Tip in Bitcoin when you can. Build the world where they don’t have to struggle just to create.
Who else has seen magic like this on the subway? Drop your stories below.
#BitcoinForTheArts#SovereignArt#StreetArt#NYC#ValueForValue#Bitcoin#Nostr#ArtInTheWild
🧡 “Bitcoiners saw the injustice… and they came to the rescue.”
That’s the power of the Bitcoin community.
In our latest Share Your Bitcoin Journey episode, @SaraJadeMusic explains the difference between releasing music on centralized platforms (where they control the rules and can change them anytime) vs building on decentralized platforms with sound money.
This isn’t just about money.
It’s about principles. It’s about sovereignty. It’s about a community that actually shows up.
This is why we fight for sound money — and why we’re building Bitcoin For The Arts.
#Bitcoin#Nostr#ValueForValue#SovereignArt#BitcoinForTheArts#SoundMoney#BitcoinArtists#FreedomTech
Artists getting zapped in real time while performing live on stage is one of the coolest things happening in Bitcoin right now.
In our latest Share Your Bitcoin Journey episode, @SaraJadeMusic shares what it felt like to receive Bitcoin payments while performing using Nostr TuneStr.
She was getting zapped from both the audience in the room and people watching online — all in real time.
This is what value-for-value looks like when technology actually serves the artist.
It doesn’t replace the live experience. It enhances it by connecting in-person and online audiences in one moment.
This is the future of live performances and creator monetization.
What do you think?
#Bitcoin#Nostr#Zaps#ValueForValue#BitcoinForTheArts#CreatorEconomy#BitcoinArtists#TuneStr#SoundMoney#SovereignArt#LightningNetwork#BitcoinCreator
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