{"id":99436,"date":"2018-03-27T09:52:34","date_gmt":"2018-03-27T09:52:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=99436"},"modified":"2025-07-01T23:35:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T06:35:00","slug":"these-lego-artworks-contain-coded-bitcoin-fortunes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/these-lego-artworks-contain-coded-bitcoin-fortunes\/","title":{"rendered":"These Lego artworks contain coded Bitcoin fortunes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Modern art is quite strange.<\/strong> As soon as artistic inspiration started coming from within, rather than being &#8220;divined&#8221; upon artists from the heavens above everything got a bit weird. From embalmed animals to diamond encrusted skulls via public toilet urinals and seemingly random splashes of you could say that <strong>modern art is more about meaning than it is about beauty<\/strong>, or perhaps it is both? Well, LA-based artist, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/andybauch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Andy Bauch<\/a>\u2019s latest artistic creations are steeped in meaning asking viewers questions like <strong>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/ccm.net\/news\/28566-lego-art-contains-hidden-bitcoin-keys\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">What is the value of art?<\/a>\u201d<\/strong> or for those not that interested in modern art, how about <strong>\u201cWhat is the value of money?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To ask these questions and more Bauch hast turned to a couple of modern pop-culture stalwarts, <strong>Lego and Bitcoin<\/strong>. Everybody loves Lego, and everybody wants Bitcoin, so they\u2019re perfect tools for grabbing people\u2019s attention and asking them some fundamental questions about life.<\/p>\n<p><span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;&lt;!-- Shortcode [program] does not exist --&gt;&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:1,&quot;3&quot;:[null,0]}\"><div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Password Safe\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_optimized,f_auto\/p\/f2e91a08-9b23-11e6-bacf-00163ed833e7\/446618727\/password-safe-logo.png\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Password Safe<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/password-safe.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Download Password safe<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--80\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"80\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"8\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\">8<\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/password-safe.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/span><\/p>\n<p>With the help of 100,000 Lego bricks Bauch has created some patchwork looking \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciartmagazine.com\/spotlight-andy-bauch.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">masterpieces<\/a>\u201d but the meaning, as is always the case with modern art, goes so much deeper. Into his Lego works of art <strong>Bauch has embedded secret codes that, when decrypted, give access to one of a number of digital wallets<\/strong> that he has set up.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BdoWnCvg5DU\/\" data-instgrm-version=\"8\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:550px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<div style=\"padding:8px;\">\n<div style=\" background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:50.0% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;\">\n<div style=\" background:url(data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC\/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5\/P8\/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo\/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI\/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf\/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\" margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BdoWnCvg5DU\/\" style=\" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;\" target=\"_blank\">Bitcoin Initially Valued at $60, 2,277 LEGO pieces on dibond and wood, 15 x 15 inches, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\">A post shared by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/andybauch\/\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px;\" target=\"_blank\"> Andy Bauch<\/a> (@andybauch) on <time style=\" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;\" datetime=\"2018-01-07T01:53:52+00:00\">Jan 6, 2018 at 5:53pm PST<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async defer src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Each wallet contains a different amount of varying cryptocurrencies, but <strong>all together the wallets add up to $10,000 worth of cryptocurrency<\/strong>.\u00a0 Start looking for the X because Andy Bauch has basically used Lego bricks to create a 21<sup>st<\/sup> Century treasure map that will lead to a 21<sup>st<\/sup> Century treasure chest.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;width:100%\">\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\nvar google_ad_client = \"ca-pub-8132844949421936\";\r\nvar google_ad_slot = '9677578764';\r\nvar google_ad_width = 300;\r\nvar google_ad_height = 250;\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script>\r\n<\/div>\n<p>The internet is full of stories about people losing the password to their digital wallets meaning t<strong>here are literally thousands, if not millions of dollars worth of unclaimed cryptocurrency out there<\/strong>. The really cool thing about Bauch\u2019s project is that <strong>anybody can crack the code and access the cash stored in the digital wallets.<\/strong> You don\u2019t need to buy the artwork to play the game. Bauch does say, however, that he will give a clue to the particular code hidden in a particular artwork to whoever buys the picture. The catch is that there is no guarantee that the digital wallet hidden in the picture you\u2019ve bought <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/these-cryptic-artworks-hide-a-fortune-in-bitcoin-if-you-can-decode-them-andy-bauch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">hasn\u2019t been claimed already<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-card-starred-link\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-starred-link__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-starred-link__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-starred-link__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-starred-link__img\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2017\/08\/bitcoin-1024x576.gif\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-starred-link__col-title\">\r\n        <p class=\"sc-card-starred-link__title\">The Best Bitcoin Apps<\/p>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-starred-link__button\" href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/the-best-bitcoin-apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer sponsored\">Learn about them now<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-starred-link__link\" href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/the-best-bitcoin-apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer sponsored\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<p>What is worth more to you then? The artwork or the cryptocurrency that might be hidden somewhere inside it?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Follow me on Twitter:\u00a0<a class=\"ProfileHeaderCard-screennameLink u-linkComplex js-nav\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PatrickDevaney_\"><span class=\"username u-dir\" dir=\"ltr\">@<b class=\"u-linkComplex-target\">PatrickDevaney_<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Modern art is quite strange. As soon as artistic inspiration started coming from within, rather than being &#8220;divined&#8221; upon artists from the heavens above everything got a bit weird. From embalmed animals to diamond encrusted skulls via public toilet urinals and seemingly random splashes of you could say that modern art is more about meaning &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/these-lego-artworks-contain-coded-bitcoin-fortunes\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;These Lego artworks contain coded Bitcoin fortunes&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9073,"featured_media":99437,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-99436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99436","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9073"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99436"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99436\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":328134,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99436\/revisions\/328134"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99436"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=99436"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=99436"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=99436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}