Bitcoin Magazine features artistic project mapping finance and bitcoin's role
Bitcoin Magazine published an interview with artist Carlijn Kingma, journalist Thomas Bollen and researcher Martijn Jeroen van der Linden about The Waterworks of Money, a project that visualizes the financial system. According to the magazine, the project drew on two years of research, including interviews with more than 100 experts, and Kingma spent more than 2,200 hours on the drawing. One scenario examines bitcoin's place in a future monetary system.
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Key facts
Attributed sources: Bitcoin Magazine
BTC after this site detected it
- 5 minutes-0.09%OKX · USDT
- 1 hour-0.07%OKX · USDT
- 24 hours—No valid sample
Claims and open questions
What sources claim
- The magazine reports the project emerged from two years of research, including interviews with more than 100 experts across banking, government, academia and monetary reform movements.
- The magazine states Kingma spent more than 2,200 hours translating that research into an architectural landscape.
- The magazine says one project scenario explores a monetary future shaped by bitcoin, and that its collaborators have watched bitcoin both challenge existing financial power structures and become part of them.
Still unresolved
- Whether The Waterworks of Money or its bitcoin scenario is backed by any official institution or published in a formal report beyond the magazine interview is not stated in the evidence.
- The evidence does not detail the specific mechanics or assumptions of the project's bitcoin scenario; a project publication or the collaborators' own documentation would be needed to confirm them.
- Bollen's participation in two panels at Bitcoin Amsterdam, mentioned in the article, is not confirmed by an event organizer's schedule in the supplied evidence.
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Source evidence
bitcoinmagazine.com
Published 19/10/2026, 19:44 · Received 20/10/2026, 08:59
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Market reaction after detection
Returns start at the sample closest to site detection (within the same minute up to 10 minutes later), using the same data source and quote currency. Actual sample times are shown; missing observations remain blank.
| Window | Return | Actual sampled interval / source |
|---|---|---|
| 5 minutes | -0.09% | 20/10/2026, 08:59 → 20/10/2026, 09:04 (UTC) OKX · USDT |
| 1 hour | -0.07% | 20/10/2026, 08:59 → 20/10/2026, 09:59 (UTC) OKX · USDT |
| 24 hours | — | No valid same-source sample for this window |
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| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Hourly coverage | 100.0% (720/720) |
| Median absolute 1h return | 0.15% |
| 99th percentile of absolute 1h returns | 1.23% |
OKX · USDT · Context as of 20/10/2026, 08:59 · Last included candle closed 20/10/2026, 08:00
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Source published: Bitcoin Magazine
Source received: Bitcoin Magazine
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