PAC: A Century of Charted Devaluation

PAC: A Century of Charted Devaluation is a generative visualization of systemic monetary erosion over the past 100 years. Loosely abstracting the design of the 1 Dollar bill, the artwork features 100 rectangles. Angled lines in each rectangle represent the annual inflation rate of that year. Ten centred circles, rendered with varying degrees of cloud coverage, illustrate the diminishing purchasing power of the dollar from 1925 onward. Together, these circles form a diagonal line that crosses through the central “1” of the composition and symbolically invalidates the dollar’s original value. As viewers follow the sequence of rectangles, they trace a continuous timeline of the dollar’s declining worth.

The Bitcoin Art Gallery will present this limited-edition print series by The Art of Freedom collective—a visual protest against inflation, expressed through the work of over a dozen Bitcoin artists. The special exhibition will be held at the Bitcoin 2025 Conference in Las Vegas, NV, in May 2025.