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Part cyberpunk, part internet-forbidden-fruit, part classic 'there's no going back now' energy. Orange Pill feels like it was built for people who grew up on glitchy screens, bad systems, and the suspicion that something was off the whole time. image
Some cards explain Series 4 in one shot. Red vs Blue Pill is one of them. The choice is simple: comfort or truth, illusion or awakening. Very on-brand for The Simulation, and the art carries it without needing a wall of copy. image
The Civil Rights Act passed April 11, 1968. The fight was about access -- who gets to participate, who gets shut out. Bitcoin asks the same question. No bank can deny you an account. No government can freeze what you hold. Alejandra Guajardo figured that out early. Miss Universe El Salvador, and one of the clearest voices on why financial freedom matters. Miss Bitcoin #106 | Supply: 500 image
Bitcoin lives online. Some things around it shouldn't. Binder. desk. slab. box. It stays.
$100 in April 2013. $200 a few weeks later.\n\nMost people looked at that chart and thought they\d image
Raphael was born April 6, 1483. He worked until the day he died at 37. His paintings still sell for hundreds of millions. The work speaks for itself. Proof of Work is the only system that can't be faked. Bitcoin figured that out 500 years later. Proof of Work — #8, 700 supply image
April 2, 2013. Bitcoin crossed 00 for the first time. Most people laughed. A few understood what they were watching. Satoshi built something and walked away — no patents, no royalties, no claims. Just code that worked. There are 21 of these cards. Same number as the million bitcoin supply cap. That's not a coincidence. Tip of the Hat | Chase Card | Supply: 21 image
Ross Ulbricht built Silk Road in 2011. He was arrested in 2013, convicted in 2015, and sentenced to life without parole as a first-time offender for non-violent crimes. On January 21, 2025, Trump granted him a full and unconditional pardon. He served over 11 years. The Bitcoin community never stopped pushing for his release. The case raised real questions about sentencing proportionality and what happens when a judge decides to make an example of someone. Whatever you think about Silk Road, those questions didn't go away when he walked out. Now that he's free, what do you think his most important contribution to the conversation should be? FUD Busters - #42, 2,054 supply #Bitcoin #FreeRoss image
Samson Mow has one job at JAN3: get countries onto Bitcoin before they realize they're out of time. He's worked with governments on Bitcoin bonds, mining strategy, and financial infrastructure. El Salvador was a start. His view is that nation-state adoption won't be gradual. It'll happen suddenly, all at once, like a dam breaking. Bitcoin is the right of all sentient beings. That's his quote. Hard to argue with it. Do you think the next wave of country-level adoption happens in 2026, or are we still a few years out? Spirit of Satoshi - #CL9, 256 supply image
Bitcoin has no intrinsic value is one of the oldest critiques in the book. Neither does gold, really. Value is what people agree it's worth. Always has been. Bitcoin's fixed supply of 21 million can't be changed by any government or central bank. That's not nothing. That's the whole point. Mises wrote that sound money protects civil liberties by limiting state power. Bitcoin just automated that constraint. Does the no intrinsic value argument still land to you, or does it feel outdated at this point? Halving Edition Whale Pack - #25 image
January 10, 2009. Hal Finney posted two words: Running bitcoin. The next day, Satoshi sent him 10 BTC - the first Bitcoin transaction ever. Finney was a cryptographer who'd spent years building toward this. He ran the software before almost anyone else. And he documented it in the most understated way possible. Two words. That's it. If you had to pick a moment Bitcoin entered the world, that's probably it. What do you think Finney understood that most people missed in 2009? Warriors vs. Villains - #138, 1 of 1 image
The 4th Bitcoin halving in 2024 dropped the block reward to 3.125 BTC, locking in a supply issuance rate lower than gold. We are now two years into this epoch, watching the scarcity math play out in real time. As we march toward the 5th halving in 2028, do you think the market has fully priced in the current 3.125 reward structure? #Bitcoin #BasedTradingCards Halving Edition Whale Pack — C41, Chase Card, 125 supply image
John Adams wrote in 1813 that American aristocracy was rising "not from Virtues or Talents so much as from Banks and Land Jobbing." In other letters he called any bank that issues paper at interest "a Pickpocket or a Robber" and said there was no honest money but silver and gold. He wrote that 200 years before the Fed's balance sheet hit $9 trillion. If Adams were alive today, do you think he would hold Bitcoin? #Bitcoin #BasedTradingCards Warriors vs. Villains - #12, Silver, 669 supply. image
Hal Finney tweeted "Running bitcoin" on January 11, 2009, the day before he received the first Bitcoin transaction from Satoshi. Eight months later he was diagnosed with ALS. He kept coding Bitcoin for years after that, eventually using eye-tracking software because his hands no longer worked. He contributed to the protocol until he physically could not. Courage isn't a concept for Bitcoiners. It's a track record. Who else in any industry has a story like that? #Bitcoin #BasedTradingCards Warriors vs. Villains — #29, 1000 supply. image
A family-run race team in the UK has four Bitcoin-liveried cars on track and the official endorsement of the nation of El Salvador, whose ambassador drove to Oulton Park Circuit to watch their first race. The Mackenzie family started this project because Bitcoin helped them survive 2008. Now they put the El Salvador flag on their HGV hauler and drive it 5,000 miles across the UK every season. How many people do you think google Bitcoin after seeing a lorry like that on the motorway? #Bitcoin #BasedTradingCards FUD Busters — #120, Chase Card, 500 supply. image
There's a village in Malawi that mines Bitcoin using surplus hydroelectric power that would otherwise go to waste. That's the story inside Dirty Coin, Alana Mediavilla's debut documentary that just won Best Movie at the Bitcoin Film Festival in Warsaw. It crosses four continents looking at the gap between what politicians say about Bitcoin mining and what's actually happening on the ground. What's the energy source closest to you that gets wasted every day? #Bitcoin #BasedTradingCards B24 Nashville — Chase Card. image
They called the printing press the tyrant's foe, the people's friend. It dropped dangerous ideas into the hands of everyone. Bitcoin? It does that for money. What tool of financial liberation have you found hardest to explain to someone who isn't already convinced? B24 Nashville - The Liberator, Chase Card. #Bitcoin #BasedTradingCards image
Nobody knows who Satoshi Nakamoto is. That anonymity was intentional. Bitcoin's creator disappeared so the protocol could never be captured, owned, or stopped. This card exists exactly once. If Satoshi ever broke silence, what's the one question you'd want answered? Orange Pill in a Pack - 24, 1 of 1. #Bitcoin #BasedTradingCards image
"Children should be educated and instructed in the principles of freedom." - John Adams A core belief from a pivotal figure in the American Revolution. This silver parallel "John Adams" card (669 supply) honors his role in laying the foundation for democratic ideals. How are you teaching the next generation about sound money and liberty? #Bitcoin #BasedTradingCards image