Another week, another thought provoking story, event announcements and a fantastic podcast. Welcome to The Weekly Codex.
Featured Story by SymbolSatoshi
Bitcoin Art Events & Announcements
Featured Podcast with MLO, Modeotec & TC
FEATURED ARTICLE
We Are Living Well by SymbolSatoshi
A story about bitcoin that doesn’t mention bitcoin
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Bec
A note lay on our front step. On the underside were these words: Come to the garden now.
My hands began to tremble.
Three Seasons Earlier
Frae
The Harvest is done. All our muscles are weak but we are grateful. My body wants to rest, but I want to see my family smile tonight. Bec has been in the kitchen all day making a meal, the only meal this year where there will be seconds. My brother Til joined our home when his wife shriveled and dried from the freeze last Winter. We will need to be very careful with our seed count to survive until the next Harvest.
A Master Gardener with three names, Parro Altrious Finnto, came from far away and said very good things about all of the pickers. His shiny white robes had no soil stains, not even at his feet. Our Central Gardener, Dallei Shyk, agreed with the Three-Name that we are living well.
Pyn is asleep in the husk piles, exhausted. I will let him sleep more for now. He worked very hard to help bring in the Harvest. I wish he had more time to just play.
Bec
Frae is smiling after the Harvest. I am glad. He has too many worried thoughts. I have not counted our seed stores for Winter yet. Perhaps after dinner. Perhaps I do not want to know.
Frae
Dallei Shyk called everyone to the Central Circle this morning. The harvest had been loaded on wagons and wheeled away. All around us was barren, nothing but brown and gray mud and the skeletons of trees. He said the Harvest was good. He said the Mana seeds will go to the Master Gardeners far away where they will sow and grow more in abundance. They will share that abundance with us. Quietly to me, Boe said “They say that always. Lump seeds for us this Winter, and not many of those.”
“We are living well!” Dallei Shyk shouted.
BITCOIN ART EVENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS
ORIGIN SEOUL 2026
Seoul, South Korea
August 31-September 2, 2026
We are proud to be the the Official Art Magazine Partner of ORIGIN SEOUL 2026, Asia’s flagship Bitcoin-only conference, bringing together Bitcoin builders, investors, miners, and institutions.
The three-day program covers Bitcoin infrastructure, mining, capital, adoption, education, and community, with 60+ global speakers.
Beyond the conference, ORIGIN Week (Aug. 27-Sept. 4) features workshops, meetups, mentoring, side events, and opportunities to experience Seoul’s Bitcoin and broader cultural scene.
Every ORIGIN SEOUL VIP Pass holder will receive a complimentary copy of the Genesis Edition.
The Genesis Edition will also be available for purchase at the official ORIGINSEOUL booth during the conference. Discover Bitcoin through art and print, and take home a piece of Bitcoin culture.
Use code “TCHAIN” for 10% off tickets
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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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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.
FEATURED PODCAST
Martin Lukas Ostachowski, Modeotec & TC on Visualizing Bitcoin Through Hardware, Time & Clouds | The Movement of Art w/ Yonat Vaks Ep. 6
This episode brings together three artists exploring Bitcoin through very different mediums. Modeotec turns circuit boards and mining hardware into art, TC uses live blockchain data to create the Timechain Calendar, and Martin Lukas Ostachowski (MLO) uses generative art to explore Bitcoin’s more abstract side. They talk about turning ideas like seed phrases, mining, block time, and Bitcoin’s issuance into something people can see, understand, and connect with on a more personal level.
Their conversation also explores Bitcoin as something bigger than a technology. Each artist approaches it differently, but their work shows how art can give people a way to understand the ideas and culture growing around the protocol. They consider what these pieces might mean years from now, and how future generations could look back at the art being created today as a record of Bitcoin’s early cultural history.
ARTIST QUOTE OF THE WEEK
“I’m currently experimenting with solder, a material that literally holds your digital life together. It enables you to use your computer, run your bitcoin node, and maintain your sovereignty. It physically connects your life to the digital world”
~ Modeotec
Thank you for being on this journey with us.
Onward,
Asanoha
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