{"id":17890,"date":"2021-01-19T18:47:53","date_gmt":"2021-01-19T18:47:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ci027cfe79e00026c3"},"modified":"2025-10-02T15:10:31","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T20:10:31","slug":"interview-cryptograffiti-on-bitcoin-vs-the-fed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/culture\/interview-cryptograffiti-on-bitcoin-vs-the-fed","title":{"rendered":"Interview: Cryptograffiti On \u201cBitcoin Vs. The Fed\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/bitcoin-magazine-podcast-template.png\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"K_Sfe2bpw3s\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bitcoin Activism with cryptograffiti - Bitcoin Magazine Podcast\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/K_Sfe2bpw3s?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><strong>Listen To This Episode:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/bitcoin-magazine-podcast\/id1459884105#episodeGuid=59c9210a-dd38-4c48-aad3-4c7417d7b34f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Apple<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/7z0JqTsTeM4aLBASvQTdco?si=ReQ4gbGET3yACSFZx02MVA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spotify<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.google.com\/feed\/aHR0cHM6Ly9iaXRjb2lubWFnYXppbmUubGlic3luLmNvbS9yc3M\/episode\/NTljOTIxMGEtZGQzOC00YzQ4LWFhZDMtNGM3NDE3ZDdiMzRm?sa=X&amp;ved=0CAUQkfYCahcKEwioyJqjzKjuAhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQCw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Libsyn<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/overcast.fm\/+Rp4oqFLC0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Overcast<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I had the opportunity to sit down with legendary Bitcoin activist\/artist <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cryptograffiti\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cryptograffiti<\/a> this week to discuss his latest project, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BTCvsFED\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bitcoin Vs. The Fed<\/a>.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You have probably seen cryptograffiti\u2019s art before. He&#8217;s well known for his mosaic pictures of <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptograffiti.com\/collections\/fine-art\/products\/running-bitcoin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hal Finney<\/a> and JPMorgan Chase &amp; Co. boss <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptograffiti.com\/collections\/fine-art\/products\/terrible-store-of-value\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jamie Dimon<\/a>, but he&#8217;s best known for his art piece \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/cryptograffiti.com\/collections\/fine-art\/products\/the-united-nodes-of-bitcoin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">United Nodes Of Bitcoin<\/a>,\u201d which depicts a U.S. $1 bill with a hooded George Washington and subtle nods to Bitcoin propaganda throughout.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/537_image-placeholder-title.png\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n<p>In our conversation, cryptograffiti explained his inspiration for \u201cUnited Nodes Of Bitcoin\u201d and how \u201cBitcoin Vs. The Fed\u201d is phase two of that project. \u201cBitcoin Vs. The Fed\u201d is a project that he bootstrapped to place on billboards in Federal Reserve cities, with Bitcoin propaganda depicted on the backside of the U.S. dollar. He had great success when he launched \u201cUnited Nodes Of Bitcoin\u201d back in 2015 and has been planning this project since then.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/rwkfijt.jpg\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/538_image-placeholder-title.png\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n<p>He told me that he wanted to spread the message in the Fed\u2019s backyard and share the idea of sound money with people who might not be as exposed to Bitcoin as folks in more affluent areas. He\u2019s one of the most O.G. Bitcoin artist out there and he is excited for 2021. He has his hands in a couple of projects that could bring NFT-style art to Bitcoin and, with that, a flood of artists.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Cryptograffiti wrapped up the podcast with a positive message to Bitcoin artists out there, telling them to keep on creating. I can\u2019t wait to see what\u2019s up his sleeve next!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cryptograffiti, one of Bitcoin\u2019s most prolific artists discussed, his latest billboard project \u201cBitcoin Vs. The Fed.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2535,"featured_media":15547,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[74,1871,1826,2316,543],"class_list":{"0":"post-17890","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-culture","8":"tag-art","9":"tag-artists","10":"tag-bitcoin-magazine-podcast","11":"tag-cryptograffiti","12":"tag-video"},"author_data":{"id":2535,"name":"Joe Rodgers","nicename":"joerodgers","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=robohash&r=g"},"featured_image_url":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/bitcoin-magazine-podcast-template.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2535"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17890"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17890\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}