Date: 2026-01-26 · basis: publication date recorded in the magazine inventory
Tselly & Fractal Encrypt
An Artist Spotlight Q&A between Tselly and cypherpunk Bitcoin artist Fractal Encrypt, who sold LSD blotter art at Grateful Dead shows and festivals before Bitcoin. He recalls hearing of Bitcoin on the Shroomery in 2011, first being paid in Bitcoin for art by a Brazilian buyer in 2015, going Bitcoin-only after reading smart contract code, and building the wooden Bitcoin Full Node sculpture in 2020. Recent works named are Codex 32 (2024) and the hourglass sculpture "It's About Time." Both bylines are handles rather than legal names.
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I’ve been creating art my whole life, selling it as a side hustle after my day job.https://www.stackchainmagazine.net/tselly-interviews-fractal-encrypt/
Bitcoin doesn’t change; it changes you.https://www.stackchainmagazine.net/tselly-interviews-fractal-encrypt/
Bitcoin is a tool, but the rebellion and movement around it are bigger.https://www.stackchainmagazine.net/tselly-interviews-fractal-encrypt/
Tselly interviews cypherpunk Bitcoin artist Fractal Encrypt on festivals, mining, diet and Bitcoin art
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Stackchain Magazine article, catalogue item 81, category interview-profile. Summarised by the archive from the published piece; quotes below are verbatim excerpts. Original: https://www.stackchainmagazine.net/tselly-interviews-fractal-encrypt/