BITCOIN CULTURE & GRAPHIC DESIGN
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Bitcoin is not just code. It is a symbol, a scream, a mirror held up to society. And like every major movement, it has forged its own aesthetic. A singular, radical, almost mystical visual identity, infused with cyberpunk, digital glitches, glitter, rebellion. And this imagery is just as important as the underlying technology. Code speaks to machines, but to reach humans, you need images. Since the earliest cypherpunk forums, visual culture has played a key role, green command lines on black screens, anonymous masks, open padlocks, encrypted USB keys, ASCII art manifestos, all visual artifacts of a digital resistance. With the rise of Bitcoin, this imagery has hybridized and intensified, nostalgic 80s glitter, occult and esoteric symbols, reptilians, the all-seeing eye, pyramids, retro references, VHS glitches, synthwave neons, moon memes, pixelated apes, holographic skulls. This aesthetic speaks to the collective unconscious, breaks visual norms, and hijacks the codes of religious, financial, and cultural power to turn them upside down. Bitcoin is a revolution, and every revolution needs its flags. The Bitcoin aesthetic is therefore a tool for cultural transmission, a graphic weapon, a visual ritual that unites, questions, disturbs, and above all, inspires. With The 100 Blocks, we are not just telling Bitcoin’s story, we are making it visual. Each card is conceived as a modern relic, a work that is both pop and political, mystical and technological, filled with bold colors, glitter textures, hidden symbols. You will find iconic figures like Satoshi, the cypherpunks, the maximalists, key concepts like mining, HODLing, private keys, and graphic reinterpretations of dominant iconography. Like Pokémon cards from another realm, like a cryptographic museum of Bitcoin culture, like a visual manifesto of a new paradigm. A hundred years from now, people will remember Bitcoin, but what will remain of its symbols, its artists, its visual folklore? The 100 Blocks is rooted in this mission, to build the visual memory and mythos of the Bitcoin revolution. It is not just a graphic project, it is a contemporary mythology, and every card, every visual, every glitter fragment is a chapter. Just like cult films such as They Live, where the truth is only revealed through forbidden sunglasses, Bitcoin acts as a revelation, a visual and ideological slap that tears through the propaganda of modern finance, a powerful metaphor we proudly embrace through our THEY LIVE – WE STACK collection. Bitcoin is code, but it is also style. And it is this style, this radical visual identity, that we bring to life here. Somewhere between punk and prophecy, between retro and revolt, between Block Zero and infinity. Welcome to the Bitcoin aesthetic. Welcome to 100 Blocks !!!
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