Artists Cut Czech Presidential Flag into Fragments of Bitcoin

By June 29, 2016Bitcoin Business

According to the Prague Daily Monitor , the Ztohoven artistic group has cut the Czech presidential flag into 1152 pieces and added Bitcoin value to each piece. The flag which was taken from the Prague Castle, the seat of the Czech heads of state, was replaced on September 19, 2015, with a giant pair of red boxer shorts in protest against bureaucratic manipulation and tyrannical behavior.

The Ztohoven artistic group ’s hilarious performance last year involved members of the organization dressed up as chimney sweepers, and the group replaced the Czech head of state flag with red boxer shorts. At the time it was said that the flag had just flown away with the wind, but it turns out the group had kept it for a demonstration. The flag has been cut into 1152 fragments with cryptocurrency attached anywhere between five to 1500 crowns and will be given away randomly to citizens this coming Monday. The protest is an act to show the world how Czech citizens are disgusted with Miloš Zeman’s behavior in office. Zeman’s spokesman Jiri Ovcacek has condemned the act of cutting the flag into pieces and believes the protest was uncalled for. The Ztohoven artistic group said in response: “We fight for the decentralization of power that must be achieved by a gradual emancipation process in a never-ending struggle with the monstrous tendencies to control our lives.” Ztohoven member Petr Zilka told the Prague Daily Monitor they would be distributing the cut pieces of flag remnants across the entire country. The group’s statement reveals they consider the flag a sign of centralized power and a tyrannical post-monarchist symbol which will soon be a historical relic. Ztohoven has attached 35,000 crowns worth of Bitcoin to the flag which is an estimate of the flag’s value according […]

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