Spanish Street Artists Use Graffiti to Advocate for Bitcoin and a Fairer World
Summary:
Street Cy₿er, a group of Bitcoin-enthusiasts and street artists from Barcelona, are spreading awareness about Bitcoin through their artwork. They spotlight Bitcoin’s potential as an alternative to traditional financial systems and a pathway to a more equitable society. Their art, found across Europe, is featured on their website and on social media platforms. The group also runs educational events in Barcelona to educate the public about the benefits of cryptocurrency.
Barcelona-based graffiti artists, with a passion for Bitcoin, are making their mark everywhere from skate parks and building sites, to transportation terminals, aiming to educate people about the benefits of the digital currency. The Street Cy₿er team, formed in 2023, is a collective presence in Europe that raises Bitcoin (BTC) visibility and awareness through street art. According to one of its co-founders, known as "Street," the group's 100-plus members include educators, musicians, artists, journalists, activists, and enthusiasts. Cities alive with their Bitcoin-related artwork include Riga, Madrid, Berlin, London, Prague, Barcelona, and Tallinn.
Their artwork, often featured on social media, boldly criticizes the shortcomings of the conventional financial system and highlights Bitcoin as an alternative. "Street" asserts that street art can subvert mainstream media's control by powerful interests. The mission behind Street Cy₿er's Bitcoin-themed artworks is simple - to demand a more equitable society. By combining forces, Bitcoin and street art can champion a more just world, according to Street.
Posted on the Street Cy₿er website are more than 70 pictorial representations of their work, all featuring the Bitcoin logo or its name. A case in point, the message behind "Buy Bitcoin, Defund The State" champions Bitcoin as the path to a freer society by diminishing state control. Bitcoin, as Street states, enables people to opt out of the customary financial system and resist governmental tyranny, for a wholly new society entrenched in personal liberty and voluntary collaboration, much to the delight of international cryptocurrency-anarchists.
Another graffiti art piece, "Make War Unaffordable," suggests that Bitcoin’s finite supply will restrict governments from waging wars by inhibiting the manufacture of more BTC for their funding. This could potentially downsize large armies and make warfare less feasible. Furthermore, Bitcoin's transparency would hinder any cover-up of war expenditures. This message promotes worldwide peace and liberty by implying a feature of decentralization.
"Print Books Not Money," another prominent artwork by Street Cy₿er showcased in Barcelona, suggests a revolutionary educational revolution in which Bitcoin replaces traditional currency. Street believes the scarcity of Bitcoin will force governments to judiciously allocate funds, thereby making education a priority.
Bitcoin’s popularity isn't confined to politically motivated messages. Street Cy₿er has also garnered the attention of cartoon enthusiasts by intertwining Bitcoin’s symbol with beloved characters like Mario and Ronald McDonald.
Their recent initiative "Bitcoin: The Art of Revolution," based in Barcelona, Spain, will host a range of exhibitions, workshops, and classes to further enlighten people about Bitcoin. The Bitcoin logo has also popped up in other innovative ways to endorse the digital currency globally. An instance of this was in March, wherein a Bitcoin logo with the caption "Study Bitcoin” was projected onto the European Central Bank building in Frankfurt, Germany, and also on central banks in the Czech Republic and Switzerland.
Other initiatives have been seen like the sighting of a Spartan with Bitcoin-logoed eyes in Hong Kong in 2020, and advocate "Stuff4btc" spreading messages by placing stickers in public spots. These diverse expressions of cryptocurrency advocacy serve to build Bitcoin visibility and awareness around the world.
Published At
9/24/2023 11:12:00 PM
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