This week our features are about a different kind of art, the art of orange pilling: whether it be through the spontaneous, effervescent energy of an individual, or through presenting bitcoin in a unique way to the vast world of trading card lovers.
Bitcoin’s Johnny Appleseed by SatsSymbol
Featured Podcast with Alladan, Asanoha & TheRealBitcoinJesus
Upcoming Bitcoin Art Events
FEATURED STORY
Bitcoin’s Johnny Appleseed by SatSymbol
International riders on the Bitcoin Freedom Tour, El Zonte.
Although five riders had arrived in the small mountain top oasis of Berlin, only four of us were up to the flora and fauna walking tour. The group’s leader, Alan Jackson, had assembled a random bunch of international riders/bitcoiners to make up The Freedom Tour, a 9 day cross-country ride all over El Salvador from the saddles of giant BMW bikes.
This group had two Californians: Alan and myself, there was a mild-mannered Texan, a gentle giant German, and a chain-smoking French woman who hated quiet and had no trouble filling the silence with spirited conversation and opinions.
The hike promised to be an educational one and surprisingly everyone in our group (except me) spoke excellent Spanish, but Alan was the only one that spoke fluent Bitcoin as well. Alan Jackson has the gift of orange-pilling and he loves to talk to anyone and everyone, especially those who don’t know what the hell a bitcoin is.
I’ve seen Alan work his conversational magic with the uninitiated, even in the first moments when we met. I was in Taipei waiting for a connecting flight to Chang Mai. Alan shook my hand and about 30 seconds later a young lady took a chair to his left and boom! He began a delightful Bitcoin dialogue with this stranger. I would witness interactions like these hundreds of times more during our friendship. I’ve seen him do the impossible.
The Alan kneel.
Alan with the children of Mi Primer Bitcoin on the Isla La Pirraya.
FEATURED PODCAST
Alladin, Asanoha & TheRealBitcoinJesus on Based Trading Cards | The Movement of Art w/ Yonat Vaks Ep. 4
In Episode 4 of The Movement of Art, Yonat Vaks sits down with Alladin, Asanoha, and TheRealBitcoinJesus to discuss the vision behind Based Trading Cards and how culture can help Bitcoin reach a wider audience.
They explore the idea that Bitcoin education can be more approachable when it feels fun and familiar, using physical trading cards to introduce concepts like money, scarcity, and value in a simple, collectible format. The conversation also looks at how tangible objects can help ideas spread, making Based Trading Cards both an educational tool and a way to bring new people into Bitcoin culture.
UPCOMING BITCOIN ART EVENTS
Noderunners Art Museum & Live Auction
Arnhem, Netherlands
September 19, 2026
A full-day Bitcoin art exhibition in the Bitcoin Art Greenhouse. Every confirmed museum item will be auctioned live during the conference. The museum is open during the day so you can inspect the pieces before the live auction starts around 16:30.
Bidding happens in person during the conference. Online bidding is not available for this conference auction.
Use code TIMECHAINARTMAG for 10% off tickets
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START WITH SATS STUDIO SOLO EXHIBIT
Columbus, Ohio
September 18-25, 2026
Start with Sats Studio will be exhibiting the conceptual contemporary artwork SCALE at Hyatt Regency Columbus in Columbus, Ohio.
It will also be exhibited at the Kimpton Aertson Hotel in Nashville, TN thereafter (dates TBA).
• SCALE has been intentionally placed in public gathering spaces so that broader audiences can experience it.
• The exhibit is experiential, with a Community Journal and a Polaroid camera available for visitors to use to interact with the exhibit.
• Content will be captured for the Studio’s ‘From Cave Walls to Code: This is Our Story’ documentary-style shorts, with interviews of both Bitcoiners and non-Bitcoiners experience of the artwork.
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Midwest Bitcoin Summit
Columbus, Ohio
September 23-24, 2026
Bitcoin has always been bigger than price. It's culture. It's creativity. It's people building something bigger than themselves. That's why the Midwest Bitcoin Summit will feature an Official Bitcoin Art Gallery inside the Expo Hall.
Use code TIMECHAINARTMAG for 21% off tickets
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Watch Out, Bitcoin!
Madrid, Spain
October 2-4, 2026
Featuring a bitcoin art gallery along with three days of panels, workshops and networking in Madrid.
ARTIST QUOTE OF THE WEEK
“My mission is to bring back the good old days of collecting, invoke that feeling of when you were a kid and times were better, times were slower. This is our Trojan horse. This is how we teach the difference between a toy versus a collectible versus an investment and through this people will learn about economics, which in turn should bring them to Bitcoin.”
~ Alladin, Artist and Founder of Based Trading Cards
Thank you for being on this journey with us.
Onward,
Asanoha
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