Today this drawing is worth $1,000,000
It was made when #Bitcoin was $0.50
The Story of Shazow: the Unknown Artist who kickstarted the $2 trillion BTC economy ️🔥
1/ In 2011, an artist named ‘Shazow’ sold drawings for #Bitcoin
It all started when someone offered to pay him for an image of “a stick figure sending bitcoins”
Shazow made this and earned his first 1 $BTC ✨
2/ Back then, users WANTED to spend #Bitcoin
Over the coming weeks, Shazow made OVER $55 BTC
But that’s not the best part of this story… 🚀
3/ All this happened weeks before the 1st #Bitcoin bull run
The price QUICKLY surged to $30
Shazow made OVER 3,500% in profit 💥
4/ But Shazow wasn’t in it for the money.
Back then, #Bitcoin users didn’t even know if it would work
Today, Shazow called it a “fascinating experiment…” Brilliant people were uniting to end fiat money ✊
5/ Someone asked Shazow to draw a “cyborg crypto-anarchist" for 2.13 BTC.
He requested the man be holding a flag with a ‘A3’ on it
A3 stands for Assessment, Assembly, Action. It was used by cypherpunks as a way to change the world 👏
6/ Next, Shazow started a fundraiser
He wanted to turn his stick figures into vector art.
Forum users raised 21 $BTC for him in just 1 week 🤯
7/ Soon, the requests started pouring in
Users began asking for more difficult drawings – like one explaining cryptography
Shazow said this was his toughest drawing – but he earned $BTC 💸
8/ Another asked him to draw #Bitcoin developer – Gavin Andresen
He pictured Gavin burning fiat currency with a flamethrower
He called it "The Gavinator” ️🔥
9/ Here’s Shazow drawing #Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto
He’s having a gun fight with Federal Reserve chair
This drawing earned him another 2.14 BTC 💰
10/ Another request was for a drawing of #Bitcoin fighting the state
Shazow wanted to show Bitcoin was impossible to stop
This picture earned him 5 $BTC 👏
11/ Others wanted more peaceful images
In one drawing, Shazow was asked to show how #Bitcoin might coexist with fiat currencies
This drawing earned him 2 $BTC 🧡
12/ Some wanted Shazow to promote their projects
One user asked for a drawing of his band’s logo
For this drawing, he earned 20 $BTC. The band is still playing today 🎸
13/ Another wanted to show him and his band mates rocking out
This drawing earned him 3 #Bitcoin 🥁
But that's not the best part of the story...
14/ Today, Shazow still makes art and HODLs #Bitcoin
That makes him one of the longest HODLers ever
A silent early legend
✨
Today this drawing is worth $1,000,000
It was made when #Bitcoin was $0.50
The Story of Shazow: the Unknown Artist who kickstarted the $2 trillion BTC economy ️🔥 1/ In 2011, an artist named ‘Shazow’ sold drawings for #Bitcoin
It all started when someone offered to pay him for an image of “a stick figure sending bitcoins”
Shazow made this and earned his first 1 $BTC ✨ 2/ Back then, users WANTED to spend #Bitcoin
Over the coming weeks, Shazow made OVER $55 BTC
But that’s not the best part of this story… 🚀 3/ All this happened weeks before the 1st #Bitcoin bull run
The price QUICKLY surged to $30
Shazow made OVER 3,500% in profit 💥 4/ But Shazow wasn’t in it for the money.
Back then, #Bitcoin users didn’t even know if it would work
Today, Shazow called it a “fascinating experiment…” Brilliant people were uniting to end fiat money ✊ 5/ Someone asked Shazow to draw a “cyborg crypto-anarchist" for 2.13 BTC.
He requested the man be holding a flag with a ‘A3’ on it
A3 stands for Assessment, Assembly, Action. It was used by cypherpunks as a way to change the world 👏 6/ Next, Shazow started a fundraiser
He wanted to turn his stick figures into vector art.
Forum users raised 21 $BTC for him in just 1 week 🤯 7/ Soon, the requests started pouring in
Users began asking for more difficult drawings – like one explaining cryptography
Shazow said this was his toughest drawing – but he earned $BTC 💸 8/ Another asked him to draw #Bitcoin developer – Gavin Andresen
He pictured Gavin burning fiat currency with a flamethrower
He called it "The Gavinator” ️🔥 9/ Here’s Shazow drawing #Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto
He’s having a gun fight with Federal Reserve chair
This drawing earned him another 2.14 BTC 💰 10/ Another request was for a drawing of #Bitcoin fighting the state
Shazow wanted to show Bitcoin was impossible to stop
This picture earned him 5 $BTC 👏 11/ Others wanted more peaceful images
In one drawing, Shazow was asked to show how #Bitcoin might coexist with fiat currencies
This drawing earned him 2 $BTC 🧡 12/ Some wanted Shazow to promote their projects
One user asked for a drawing of his band’s logo
For this drawing, he earned 20 $BTC. The band is still playing today 🎸 13/ Another wanted to show him and his band mates rocking out
This drawing earned him 3 #Bitcoin 🥁
But that's not the best part of the story... 14/ Today, Shazow still makes art and HODLs #Bitcoin
That makes him one of the longest HODLers ever
A silent early legend
✨
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