Welcome to the second edition of The Weekly Codex, brought to you on Thursdays by Bitcoin Art Magazine. This newsletter focuses on essays, stories, news articles, podcast drops and event announcements related to bitcoin art.
Be sure to let us know if you are hosting a bitcoin art event, or if you know of one that is coming up, and we’ll include the details in our next newsletter.
Featured Article by Yonat Vaks
Featured Article by Jennie Barah
Upcoming Bitcoin Art Events
New Podcast Highlight
FEATURED ARTICLE
Bitcoin Fixes This, But Only If We Fix Ourselves First
by Yonat Vaks
This is a round clay ball that fits in the palms of your hand. It’s not very heavy, but definitely has presence. The clay is bare, no glaze, and you can feel the cool temperature and mildly rough surface touching your hands.
If you look through the hole at the top, you can see orange clay tokens that have a Bitcoin symbol on them, my signature as the issuer, and the block height they were created in.
Five thousand years ago, something very similar was invented. It was the earliest known tamper-proof, verifiable accounting system.
What was a Bulla?
Tokens that recorded a transaction between two parties were sealed in clay envelopes, making the transaction record tamper-proof and verifiable only by breaking the envelope. This was an invention that could keep track of economic life without a trusted third party. It was a system that had the potential to be peer to peer, trustless, permissionless, and decentralized.
The Tool was Sound
The system worked. It was tamper-proof, transparent, and verifiable. It helped build the first cities, organize grain storage, and enable trade at a larger scale. The need to record transactions gave birth to symbols, which gave birth to writing. The first ledger humanity invented led to a huge change in the course of history.
Bitcoin is a decentralized ledger, tamper-proof, verified by code. It is also giving birth to new symbols and hopefully to a new civilization …
FEATURED ARTICLE
Why Bitcoin Is More Than Money: A Cultural Movement
by Jennie Barah
Painting by Jennie Barah
For a long time, money has been seen simply as a tool for exchange. However, my experience with Bitcoin led me to understand that it is much more than that. Bitcoin is not just a digital currency. It is a way of thinking, living, and connecting with others.
I first learned about Bitcoin in 2024, but it wasn’t until 2025 that I truly began to understand it. It was a year of constant learning, not only from a technical perspective but also from a human one. Through that journey, I discovered that Bitcoin represents independence: the ability to not rely entirely on traditional banking systems, to have control over my own resources, and to be part of an innovation that is shaping my generation.
This idea became real when I experienced it firsthand. In Berlín, a small town in the department of Usulután, known for its coffee and now, as I like to call it, for its innovation, I saw how Bitcoin is part of everyday life. I could walk through the town without worrying about carrying a physical wallet, pay with sats whenever I needed, and witness people of all ages open to learning something new without fear.
UPCOMING BITCOIN ART EVENTS
The Space: Bitcoin, Beer & Art Auction
Denver, Colorado
Friday, July 10, 4:30-7pm MDT
Enjoy good beer and company and place your final bids on your favorite pieces in the Scarce City auction at The Space while watching the end of the auction.
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Noderunners Conference
Arnhem, Netherlands
September 19-22, 2026
A live art auction will be held! Join the orange-pilled Noderunners community for a Bitcoin-only day of talks, workshops, mining, nodes, Nostr, art, arcade games and sound money.
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Midwest Bitcoin Summit
Columbus, Ohio
September 23-24, 2026
“Bitcoin culture is not online-only. It lives in the art, the collectibles, the books, the people, and the stories passed from one Bitcoiner to another. We’re bringing that energy to Columbus this September.” ~ Midwest Bitcoin Summit
Experience two days of non-stop Bitcoin innovation. From high-energy keynotes to deep-dive technical workshops, the Midwest Bitcoin Summit brings the brightest minds in the industry to the heartland. Expect a hype-free, Bitcoin-only environment focused on signal over noise.
PODCAST HIGHLIGHT
Stackchain Magazine & Bitcoin Culture | The Movement of Art w/ Yonat Vaks Ep. 10
In Episode 10 of The Movement of Art, Yonat Vaks is joined by Anthony, Vee, Midy, and HiQ from the Stackchain Magazine team for a conversation about community, memes, and the culture Bitcoin sets in motion. What began as a single tweet during a bear market, one pleb posting a $5 stack and asking others to stack a dollar alongside him, grew into one of the most genuine grassroots communities in Bitcoin, and eventually into a print magazine made for plebs, by plebs.
The discussion traces Stackchain’s origins on a now years-long Twitter thread, the all-volunteer effort behind a limited-edition magazine that mirrors Bitcoin’s own scarcity, and the memes, side chains, and rituals that hold a global community together.
ARTIST QUOTE OF THE WEEK
“My work is a search for the essence of life. That which is found in the hidden dialogues between extremes.”
~ Yonat Vaks
Thank you for being on this journey with us. Together we are creating a brighter future for all our grandchildren.
Onward,
Asanoha
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