You love Bitcoin? Make a statement with a hand carved 1/1 relief in natural slate with gold leaf accents. I completed this piece over the course of three months. It is a physical expression of proof of work and the low time preference ethos of Bitcoin. Interested? Let’s talk.

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Vibe coding continues... Currently working on UX improvements to the local network portal. Still looks like garbage, but I'm not having trouble accessing it anymore so that's a win. Current goal is to work out all functional kinks and then I'll move on to aesthetics and improving the copy etc. It's been over 90 degrees out the last few days, so stone carving is mostly on hold. Gonna get this code right, make sure the LED lighting effects do what I want them to, solder a more permanent version of the electronics etc... maybe fit in some stone carving at night when it cools off.

Elliptic curve pattern ✅ Need to deepen it further and do some sanding but I’m happy with it so far.

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Playing with ideas… 🏛️⚒️₿

Project update: I’m tentatively calling this endeavor “From the Temple of Satoshi” and I’m intending to incorporate Bitcoin reactive lighting effects into other projects going forward. I want to create ARTifacts from the lost (or yet to be built?) Temple of Satoshi. So far I have a working prototype for my code and electronic components. After you connect to the local WiFi instance and save network credentials etc the LED begins to react to Bitcoin. Heartbeat pulsing every time a block is found for instance. 21 slow ceremonial pulses for each Halving. And other effects. Still need to iterate and improve the UX but it works. This first stylized column sculpture is still in the works as well. I need to finish carving the embellishments and then connect the three pieces with a steel pin and epoxy. And I need to carve a niche for the electronics and mount the LED. A lot left to do, but it’s coming along nicely. I’m still amazed I was able to use AI to guide me through the electronics and code. I started off using grok and then chat gpt but I’ve since moved on to using Claude for the coding. Anybody have any tips for vibe coding???

Don’t let fear of failure or a lack of knowledge prevent you from pursuing your goals. If you have the will to show up and do the work, day after day, if you can overcome yourself, you can learn to carve stone, or achieve anything else. The only thing holding you back is you.

My mad science project is working! I definitely need to play around with the code some more. The effects are a little too subtle right now. But No burning smell✅ Lighting effects based on Bitcoin data✅ It works!✅ Going to transfer this setup over to a perma-proto board eventually, but I miss carving stone so I’ll work on the sculpture itself for a bit before I break out the soldering iron. Stay tuned!