The Halving Harpoon
Bitcoin Whaler Basque Harpoon #4/21
*Mespilus germanica wood, iron, sterling silver, goat leather, bull horn, oil painting
The echoes of ancient hunts resonate through the blockchain, where every halving marks a strike, forging legends in the waters of economic revolution.
A tale woven with threads of scarcity and perseverance, where myths come to back to life to tell the tale of Bitcoin and one of its most important features.
32 Blocks for 32 Halvings
From the Genesis block to the last mining reward in 2140, this harpoon is painted with 32 blocks, representing all the halvings Bitcoin will have. Each block is painted in red, orange, yellow and fluorescent green, that symbolize the different parts that create a block. The red and orange mining reward, slowly diminishes with every block going down the harpoon until the last one has almost unnoticeable streaks of orange.
There are 25 blocks in the upper part of the shaft and 6 + 1 at the bottom - making a reference to the SHA-256 algorithm.
Four mythical legends.
Four Golden Symbols
Each block is connected to the next one with 4 symbols, for the four years between each halving, painted in gold:
- Two dots, symbolizing each number in the hash of the Genesis block. In total there are 64 dots.
- One pickaxe, symbolizing mining.
- One clog, symbolizing proof of work.
One of the pickaxes is Thor´s hammer Mjölnir, a powerful weapon and a symbol of protection. Just as Bitcoin is a powerful tool, protecting us from the crumbling FIAT system.
Sterling Silver Engravings
Gallery
You can learn more about the Bitcoin Whaler Basque Harpoon series and its creation process, here.