A French street artist, Pascal Boyart, has boosted his fame - and earnings - by including a QR code to a Bitcoin wallet in his most recent artwork. The graffiti, found at the L’Aerosol gallery at Rue de L'évangile 54 in Paris, depicts an ironic rendition of artist Eugene Delacroix, setting a 100 Euro note on fire.
Boyart explained he chose Delacroix, who was depicted on the old 100 Francs bill before the country entered the Eurozone. To add to the anti-fiat rhetoric, Boyart added a QR code to his wallet.
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The artwork of Boyart caused a lively discussion on Reddit, especially as the artwork gathered around 0.11 BTC in tips. The artist, however, received warnings that his painted QR code could be painted over and faked, to divert the tips to another wallet.
Crypto projects to support artists or musicians have surfaced in the past, including the sale of albums for Bitcoin. However, this is a unique case of merging Bitcoin usage as electronic cash to street art. For now, Boyart has admitted most of the tips came from so...
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