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Genesis Collection · Wyoming

Bitcoin
Branded Art

Branded in Wyoming. Verified on Bitcoin.

A new art project born in Wyoming, bringing together artists, ranching, Bitcoin, and philanthropy through verifiable digital provenance. The Genesis Collection invites a select group of Wyoming, national, and international artists to answer one question through their own medium.

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The Vision

What does
Bitcoin mean
to you?

Bitcoin Branded Art brings together artists, ranching, Bitcoin, philanthropy, and verifiable digital provenance. The Genesis Collection invites a select group of Wyoming, national, and international artists to create original works inspired by Bitcoin and what it represents.

Artists are encouraged to interpret the subject through their own medium and perspective — painting, sculpture, photography, textile, digital, or anything else. There is no single answer, and that's the entire point of the collection.

// The Prompt
"What does Bitcoin mean to you?"
Freedom Scarcity Energy Proof of Work Sound Money Independence Technology Agriculture The American West Permanence A Changing World
There is no single answer
// Scan to View Provenance
Every original artwork carries a QR code linking to its full story — the artist, the ranch, the animal (where applicable), and the charitable impact behind it.

Physical Art. Digital Provenance.

The piece is the art.
Bitcoin preserves the story.

Each original physical artwork is connected to a digital identity through a QR code incorporated into the artwork or its presentation. Scanning it lets a collector or viewer access information about the piece, its artist, its story, and its provenance.

The long-term objective is to anchor this record to Bitcoin, creating a durable connection between a one-of-a-kind physical object and a digitally verifiable history.

The physical piece remains the art. Bitcoin helps preserve its story.

From the Wyoming Brand to the Bitcoin Blockchain

Feed people.
Preserve the brand.
Create art. Verify the story.

Bitcoin Branded Art is connected to a registered Wyoming livestock brand based on the ₿ symbol. Future collections are envisioned around cattle raised in Wyoming carrying the ₿ brand — and the Genesis Collection is only the beginning of that story.

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Wyoming Ranch

Steers are raised with care on Wyoming land.

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₿ Branded Steer

Each animal carries the registered Bitcoin brand.

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Beef → Charitable Food Donation

When proceeds from the artwork are sufficient to cover the cost of raising and processing the animal, the beef is donated to charitable organizations to help feed people.

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Branded Hide / Skull → Artist's Canvas

The branded hide or skull is preserved and placed into the hands of an artist — an entirely new kind of canvas.

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Original Physical Artwork

The artist transforms that canvas into a one-of-a-kind work, carrying the rancher's, the animal's, and the artist's story forward.

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Digital Provenance

A QR code connects the collector back through the full history of the piece.

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Bitcoin

The provenance record is anchored to Bitcoin for permanence and verifiability.

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Collector

The collector becomes the next steward of the art and its story — the rancher who raised it, the animal it came from, the artist who transformed it, and the charitable impact it helped create.

Why "Genesis"?

Every chain
starts with
a first block.

Bitcoin began with the Genesis Block. Bitcoin Branded Art begins with the Genesis Collection.

This inaugural collection will establish the artists, galleries, collectors, technology, and partnerships necessary to build the larger Bitcoin Branded Art project.

Genesis artists are not required to work with cattle hides or skulls. They're being invited to create the first chapter in the story using the medium and artistic style they know best.

CollectionGenesis — Wyoming
RequirementAnswer: "What does Bitcoin mean to you?"
MediumArtist's choice — no restriction
ProvenanceQR-linked, Bitcoin-anchored
Culminates inExhibition + Auction
Proceeds fundRange Sustain Tech Cooperative

Art With a Purpose

Proof of work
connects them all.

The Genesis Collection is intended to culminate in an exhibition and auction. Proceeds will help launch Range Sustain Tech Cooperative, a Wyoming-based member-owned cooperative developing productive uses for energy and technology in rural communities — including capturing heat generated by Bitcoin mining and putting it to work heating homes, greenhouses, agricultural systems, shops, and livestock infrastructure.

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The Rancher
Invests work into raising an animal on Wyoming land.
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The Artist
Invests work into creating something meaningful from that canvas.
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Bitcoin
Uses energy and proof of work to secure something scarce and verifiable.
Bitcoin Branded Art brings those worlds together.
Range Sustain Tech

Range Sustain Tech Cooperative is where the heat from Bitcoin mining gets put back to work in rural Wyoming — heating shops, greenhouses, and livestock infrastructure. The Genesis Collection helps fund that mission. Learn more about the cooperative →

An Invitation to Create

Artists. Galleries.
Collectors. Partners.

"What does Bitcoin mean to you?"

We're looking for artists, galleries, collectors, and partners who want to help create the Bitcoin Branded Art — Genesis Collection. Artists are invited to answer the question in their own way, through the medium and style they know best.

Wyoming Artists National Artists International Artists Galleries Collectors Partners

// thank you — we'll be in touch about the Genesis Collection

Tyler Pirtz · Founder, Bitcoin Branded Art & Range Sustain Tech Cooperative · Wyoming