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Issue #18 / Block Height 959848
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Monday, July 27th 2026
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The Dispatch
THE RALLY POINT.
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Dear sovereign renaissance,
A different kind of dispatch this week. Bitcoin Arts Park at the Midwest Bitcoin Summit is eight weeks out, and every open door BFTA has right now is in this letter. Plus a speaker announcement we are thrilled to share. Read the sections that apply to you, sign up where you can, forward this to one person who might. That is the whole ask this week.
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◆ Bitcoin Arts Park at the Midwest Bitcoin Summit
Speaker Announcement
BFTA founder Dion Wilson will be speaking at the Midwest Bitcoin Summit 2026.
Confirmed. Dion joins the Midwest Bitcoin Summit main stage on September 23 and 24 in Columbus. This is the first of several confirmations we will share in the weeks ahead as Bitcoin Arts Park comes together. Get your pass and follow the full lineup at midwestbtc.com.
Four open doors. Eight weeks.
Load-in Tuesday, September 22. Show days Wednesday, September 23 and Thursday, September 24. Load-out Thursday evening. Greater Columbus Convention Center. If you have been thinking about being part of it, this is the week to take the step.
1. Volunteer with us
Five volunteer seats. Booth support, stage and audio, videography and documentation, wherever needed. Free conference admission for the days you work, BFTA event gear, meals during shifts, on-camera credit in the produced recap, and a written reference letter available on request. Sign up at bitcoinforthearts.org/midwest/volunteer.
2. Sponsor a piece of it
The eight-tier sponsorship structure remains open, from a Featured Artist Stipend at $500 to Presenting Sponsor at $25,000. In-kind contributions welcome across booth construction, video and photo production, backline gear, and hospitality. Our target for Bitcoin Arts Park is $80,000 or more. Reply to this email or visit bitcoinforthearts.org/midwest.
3. Contribute in sats on Geyser
4. Book Lindey's homeschool book reading
We are working with Columbus-area homeschool families to organize a live reading of Lindey Magee's Seuss-style children's book Bitcoin: A Treasure to HODL at Bitcoin Arts Park. Every child in attendance receives a signed hardcover, at no cost to the family. If you lead a Columbus-area homeschool co-op, or know a family who does, reply to this email and we will hold seats.
Take a seat at Bitcoin Arts Park →
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◆ BFTA Artist Directory
Working artists, add your name.
The BFTA Artist Directory is the running database of working artists across every discipline who support the BFTA mission and want the organization's resources, updates, and opportunities routed to them directly. Signup takes about three minutes. It is free.
If you are a working artist, add your name. The more of us on the list, the more the movement looks like what it actually is.
Join the Artist Directory →
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◆ The Sovereign Circle
Fund the movement, monthly.
Bitcoin For The Arts is entirely donor-funded. The Sovereign Circle is our monthly giving program, and it is how we keep the lights on between grants, sustain Share Your Bitcoin Journey, and keep Bitcoin Arts Park moving forward. Any recurring amount, direct to the org, cancel anytime. Bitcoin for the arts, on a Bitcoin standard.
Monthly patronage is how art has always been sustained. Now the rails have changed. The pattern has not.
Join the Sovereign Circle →
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◆ If You Missed Them
Every episode. Every essay.
Share Your Bitcoin Journey. All twelve episodes of the podcast are live, from Andrea Arghinenti in Episode 1 through Philip Charter in Episode 12. Painters, filmmakers, choreographers, authors, animators, embroiderers, and ghostwriters, each finding their own path through Bitcoin. Browse the full catalog artist by artist at bitcoinforthearts.org/stories.
The BFTA Substack. Long-form articles on the arts, sound money, and where the two collide. Recent pieces on Broadway's closing musicals, arts funding, and the case for artistic sovereignty. Read the archive at bitcoinforthearts.substack.com.
Open the archive →
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The Throughline This Week
You do not have to build the movement alone. You just have to sign up for the part that is yours.
Every big thing BFTA has ever done started with someone reading a letter like this one and choosing a door. Volunteer. Sponsor. Donate. Add your name. Book a reading. Send us a person. Any one of those is a full contribution. Do the one that fits, and let us do the rest.
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Until next time.
Bitcoin for the Arts
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Where to Start
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Sound money for timeless creators. Empowering artists with Bitcoin micro-grants & workshops.
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