Bitcoin was created by a mysterious person who called himself Satoshi Nakamoto, utilizing a decentralized cryptocurrency trading system (i.e. a large digital ledger) to record and authenticate Bitcoin. Certified Bitcoin can be used for transactions. The market refers to those who certify Bitcoin as "miners", and the process of certifying Bitcoin is called "mining".
Many knowledgeable people know that "mining" consumes a lot of electricity, but few people know that "mining" actually causes harm to the environment and even affects the climate. Canadian artist Benjamin Von Wong collaborated with Greenpeace to create a large-scale installation art called Skull of Satoshi using discarded electronic parts, hoping to raise awareness of the environmental and climate issues caused by Bitcoin through installation art.
Benjamin and his team used 3D drawing technology to create a simulation of Skull of Satoshi and collected over 300 different discarded electronic parts.
In order to reduce the weight of the finished product, the entire head is shaped with wooden boards, and fill the gaps with recycled styrofoam. Then, electronic parts are pasted onto the head piece by piece.
Finally, in terms of site selection for filming Skull of Satoshi, Benjamin realized that in order to better respond to the impact of Bitcoin and petroleum energy on the environment, he chose to shoot in an abandoned factory, while introducing different colored LED lighting effects to bring out the terrifying effect of the skull and utilizing smoke effects, creating the effect that "mining" can make the environment become chaotic.
With 1,000 of human hours of work, Skull of Satoshi was born. Benjamin also plans to showcase Skull of Satoshi around the world in the coming months.
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