0019 Where Iconoclasm Meets Iconography_

Bitcoin is the original meme coin_

Signal in Disguise
Before Doge. Before PEPE. Before wagmi, ruggers, and thousand-X coins, there was Bitcoin — the original meme coin. Not because it was silly, but because it was contagious. Because it spread not through institutions, but through culture.

Bitcoin didn’t sell itself with spreadsheets. It offered a story. A rebellion. A prophecy. It didn’t need permission — it needed belief.

This work honors that viral spirit. A financial system bootstrapped not by suits, but by symbols. The Genesis Block was both a technical feat and a message. “Chancellor on brink...” — not a pitch, but a meme.

Bitcoin is the meme that became money. It transformed belief into code, code into value, value into movement. Its volatility, its critics, its forks — all part of the mythos.

Every token that followed borrowed from its playbook. Hype. Humor. Hope. Bitcoin did it first. Bitcoin did it seriously. Bitcoin did it better.

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Edition of One
A singular work — crafted at this scale only once. Mounted on a wood panel and finished in your choice of oxide black acrylic or clear, near-invisible varnish. Accompanied by a hand-signed certificate of authenticity, affirming its rarity and distinction.

Materials
Acrylic, automotive paint, polymer, reactants, flow conditioners and varnish on hardboard, mounted on a wood panel. Executed with airbrush and silkscreen techniques, applied with precision and intention.

Year
2025

Dimensions
11.75 x 11.75 x 2 in. (30 x 30 x 5 cm)


A material artifact of the digital age - anchored in crypto’s evolving ethos, and rendered with enduring material presence.