Bitcoin MENA 2025 Spotlights “History of Bitcoin” — A Landmark First Edition and Premier Global Auction Lot Supporting Bitcoin Education
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Abu Dhabi, UAE — December 2, 2025 — Bitcoin MENA 2025 will place cultural preservation, artistic collaboration, and educational impact at the forefront of this year’s program with the exhibition and auction of the History of Bitcoin First Edition: a museum-grade, one-of-one fine- art book that has rapidly emerged as one of the most significant physical artifacts in bitcoin’s culture. Crafted over four years and brought to life by 128 artists from 37 countries, the First Edition documents bitcoin’s evolution from its cypherpunk origins to its rise as a global technological and cultural movement. The book’s 256-page structure pays homage to bitcoin’s SHA-256 cryptographic foundation and its production incorporates more than 40 specialized print techniques. Encased within a 5,000-year-old fossilized black-oak collector’s box and bound in bull leather with a bespoke Asprey Studio silver emblem, the First Edition bridges bitcoin’s digital beginnings with a material form designed to endure for generations. The First Edition is now the headline auction item on Scarce.City, which is hosting the online auction in support of the Bitcoin MENA event. Following its tour through the UK, bitcoin Amsterdam, Pubkey in New York, and Mondoir Gallery in Dubai, the book will culminate in Abu Dhabi on December 8, presented in a dedicated multi-wall installation inside the Bitcoin MENA Art Gallery. A Global Educational Mission Smashtoshi, the collective behind the project, has pledged 79% of all auction proceeds to My First Bitcoin, the world-leading nonprofit advancing community-led Bitcoin education. The remaining 21% will be distributed to the 128 participating artists whose original works form the heart of the book. My First Bitcoin aims to bring accessible Bitcoin education to more than 200 million learners worldwide, with structured programs already active across Latin America and quickly growing internationally. For collectors, the First Edition serves as both a significant…
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