--- title: "Bitcoin Magazine features artistic project mapping finance and bitcoin's role" description: "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…" language: en canonical: "https://whycoinmoves.com/en/events/bitcoin-architecture-money-mapping-financial-power-bb35200e67d96f" published: 2026-10-20T08:59:14.000Z updated: 2026-10-20T10:16:02.000Z indexable: false --- # 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… Attributed sources: [Bitcoin Magazine]() ## Key facts 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. Evidence strength: Single source, 1 publisher group(s) (Bitcoin Magazine); this describes source coverage, not truth or causation. After site detection, observed returns were 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). Unlisted windows are unavailable. In the preceding 30 days, the 99th percentile of absolute hourly returns was 1.23% (OKX · USDT; cutoff 20/10/2026, 08:59, UTC). This hourly baseline is not directly comparable with a minute move. ## Returns after site detection | Window | Return | BTC | Difference from BTC | Actual sampled interval (UTC) | Source | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 5 minutes | -0.09% | -0.09% | 0.00 pp | 20/10/2026, 08:59 → 20/10/2026, 09:04 | OKX · USDT | | 1 hour | -0.07% | -0.07% | 0.00 pp | 20/10/2026, 08:59 → 20/10/2026, 09:59 | OKX · USDT | | 24 hours | — | — | — | — | — | ## Historical hourly baseline | Metric | Value | | --- | --- | | Ready | true | | Coverage | 100.0% (720/720) | | Median absolute hourly return | 0.15% | | 99th percentile of absolute hourly returns | 1.23% | | BTC beta | 1.00 | | Source / cutoff (UTC) | OKX · USDT / 20/10/2026, 08:59 | ## Claims and open questions - 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. - 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. ## Source evidence - [The Architecture of Money: Mapping Financial Power in the Age of Bitcoin]() — Bitcoin Magazine; published 19/10/2026, 19:44; received 20/10/2026, 08:59 (UTC). ## Recent BTC events and market reactions - [US spot bitcoin ETFs return to net outflows with $636 million withdrawn]() — Published 23/10/2026, 07:09 (UTC) · Multiple publishers (2 publishers) · Market watch · 5m -0.02% / 1h +0.13% - [Chinese court accepts prosecutors' bid to confiscate Bitcoin seized in UK]() — Published 22/10/2026, 06:24 (UTC) · Multiple publishers (3 publishers) · General news · 5m -0.02% / 1h -0.41% / 24h -0.94% - [US spot Bitcoin ETFs take in about $1.07 billion over three sessions]() — Published 22/10/2026, 04:41 (UTC) · Multiple publishers (3 publishers) · Market watch · 5m +0.05% / 1h +0.07% / 24h -1.31% - [Bitcoin slips below $82K after Tesla and Meta results unsettle tech markets]() — Published 22/10/2026, 03:51 (UTC) · Multiple publishers (2 publishers) · Market watch · 5m +0.13% / 1h +0.04% / 24h -1.04% - [Bitcoin rises above $84,500 as SpaceX earnings lift tech stocks]() — Published 21/10/2026, 15:13 (UTC) · Multiple publishers (2 publishers) · Market watch · 5m +0.15% / 1h +0.25% - [Full coin archive]() ## Research for this archive - [Altcoin beta to Bitcoin: BTC, ETH, SOL and DOGE hourly returns]() - [Perpetual funding rates and annualized yield: a 2025 comparison]() - [Bitcoin halving and bull markets: evidence from four halvings]() - [Bittensor (TAO): Bitcoin beta, volatility and the AI crypto narrative]() [Methods and limitations]() Publisher count is not independent evidence count. 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