Bitmap City Vol. 1 is CRFTD’s Genesis Ordinal project, intersecting physical and digital landscapes, creating a shared space where the tangible and virtual co-exist.

25 1/1 pieces exist and can be found on MagicEden.

The project was inspired by the moment I first witnessed a Bitcoin block form—transactions arranging and rearranging in real time—like an aerial view of a digital city emerging from barren land. That experience sparked a vision: to merge my own aerial photography of human habitations—cities, towns, and farms—with the domain of Bitcoin blocks, or “digital cities”.

I acquired twenty-five unique Bitmaps with varying block formations and historical significance, including some with rare sats:

• Mined by Satoshi Nakamoto himself

• From Block 9—the oldest sats in circulation

• Mined within the first 1,000 blocks

• From Block 78—mined by Hal Finney, the first person besides Satoshi to mine

• Pizza sats—from the 10,000 bitcoins used to purchase Papa John’s pizzas on May 22, 2010

Then, I merged my art with the blockchain elements. To capture the spirit of this intersection, I chose Bitcoin’s iconic orange as the dominant color for the digital space, complemented by vibrant blues and purples to evoke the retro, neon, and playfully nostalgic aesthetic of digital environments. In contrast, I used black and white to characterize the aerial photography, grounding the collection in the timeless reality of the physical world. A transparent overlap of the two realms is both intentional and inevitable.

Welcome to Bitmap City Vol. 1.