A French artist has encrypted a thousand-dollar riddle in the wall
Categories: Design and Architecture | Europe
By Pictolic https://pictolic.com/article/a-french-artist-has-encrypted-a-thousand-dollar-riddle-in-the-wall.htmlParisian artist Pascal Boyart, who signs his works as PBOY, is well known to fans of modern street art. The Frenchman's murals are executed with great skill, but the main "trick" is that they are closely related to cryptocurrency.
Source: Artsy
Pascal Boyar began by placing a QR code from a blockchain wallet in his wall paintings, using which anyone could transfer funds to the artist to support his projects. Recently, the creator of large-scale murals changed his rule and vice versa decided to share money with fans of his paintings.
The new mural of the master contains a riddle, finding the answer to which you can get 0.26 bitcoins ($ 1,003). Boyar's work is an allusion to Eugene Delacroix's world—famous painting "Freedom Leading the People". Instead of the proletarians of the XIX century, Pascal placed modern protesters around Freedom, who in November 2018 were called "yellow vests" for their peculiar equipment.
The work of Pascal Boyar
Eugene Delacroix's original "Freedom Leading the People"
The author of the work left a hint to those who wanted to get money — the Boyar said that in order to solve it, it is necessary to find a mural and stand opposite. By the way, in order to find the puzzle, you will also have to make some efforts, because all you know about its location is that it is located on one of the walls of Paris.
Pascal Boyar in his workshop
According to the author, his campaign is timed to coincide with the tenth anniversary of the release of the first block of bitcoin. Another important feature of the puzzle is that the amount of the reward can grow. The artist made sure that everyone could make a contribution in bitcoins to the prize fund.
Perhaps you also want to walk around Paris and take part in a bitcoin quest? The reward will obviously grow!
Keywords: Bitcoin | Mystery | Paris | Prize | Artist
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