Based Trading Cards

Money’s story, condensed. A single card channels The Bitcoin Standard — from rock currencies and Victorian gold to today’s Bitcoin — with artful craft and a back that teaches. Sleeve it, keep it, trade the lore.

I posted my resignation on X in 2018 and it got 400 likes. Fear turned into motion — my wife's support made the leap possible. Keep the story; sleeve the reminder.

Cards make the intangible feel real. Bitcoin pulled collectors, miners, traders and hodlers into a single hobby, and Aladdin and his team turned that into a craft we can hold. Keep the Stratosphere sleeved.

The Philosopher’s Stone — a card about the oldest trick: turning base material into the illusion of riches. Alchemists became what we call Central Bankers; this piece holds the counter‑artifact, Bitcoin. Sleeve it, keep it close.

Scarcity here feels different — people hold these cards not to flip them, but as proof they were present. A quiet timestamp you sleeve and keep.

Oct 31, 2008 — a white paper that had nothing to relate it to. We turned that stubborn brief and Satoshi’s line into a card: type, margin, and a sense of firsts. Sleeve it; keep the story.

Fiat money is the principal’s hall pass: it works because authority and everyone agrees to use it. This card strips down inflation, bank-created money, and why collectors compare that to scarcer systems—sleeve it, trade the story.

October 31, 2008: a nine‑page paper landed on a mailing list and laid out blocks, proof‑of‑work, the longest‑chain rule, and SPV.

"No trusted third party." Satoshi Nakamoto rewired how value moves — peer-to-peer electronic cash as a design problem, not a permission slip.

Gatekeepers Issue — Julian Assange on the cover. A reminder of the price whistleblowers pay and a prompt to call out the night watch. Sleeve it; keep the question alive.

Craft you can hold, ideas you can keep. Cards made with the Get Based crew—Julian Figueroa, Isabella Santos, Adam O’Brien—story on the front, useful back. Sleeve on sight.

Bitcoin Tractor Day — October 15th forever. A card for the moment a community became a family: Chester test-driving his tractor, people tearing up, culture turned physical.

Someone drove 900 miles to hand-deliver a tractor — and yes, that says everything. We came for trading cards but stayed for the people who show up, sleeves in hand. Keep the card; keep the story.

Defenseman turned storyteller. Brandon Gentile went from a gold with Team USA at the under-18 worlds and Michigan State’s 2007 college title to hosting Playable Characters. Keep it sleeved—story over flash.

Pizza Day and Tractor Day aren’t just ledger entries — they’re proof of culture. Thanks to Tobias and Chester for documenting it

Tobias drove 900 miles to hand off a tractor to Chester — not logistics, a leap of trust. Moments like that are the backbone of this community.

Ella Hough treats Bitcoin like a public‑interest science project. She pushed Cornell to approve a dedicated Bitcoin study, launched the Cornell Bitcoin Club, and co‑founded the Bitcoin Students Network. Sleeve this one—Gen Z as the foundation crew.

Money that changes you, not just your balance. A citadel with its gates open — art that asks what you build to give away.

Milton Friedman imagined reliable e‑cash before it existed. We make cards that hold that kind of foresight—sleeve them, keep the idea, trade the story.

We’re all the marketing team for Bitcoin — every one of us. Make things that teach and invite: cards that start kitchen-table conversations. Keep one sleeved.

Michael Saylor, Executive Chairman of Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy), turned corporate savings into a cultural megaphone for bitcoin. This card captures the “buy, hold, and teach” energy—sleeve it, shelve it, trade the story.

Not about chasing cardboard or market plays — it’s about holding bitcoin culture. Conference packs give people everywhere their first physical connection to the space.

When Satoshi posted “I am not Dorian Nakamoto,” headlines met cryptographic silence. We turned that culture shock into a slab-ready trading card—magazine-cover riff, layered foil, and a story you can hold. Sleeve it, grade it, and post your pull. #SatoshiLore

Diffusion theory, in cardboard: stories and symbols hand a new idea to the next crowd. We make cards that teach through feeling—keep one, sleeve it, pass the story.

Ludwig von Mises said sound money lets the market pick its medium. Same for collectibles: give something honest—craft, story, touch—and let people decide what matters. Keep the ones that speak; sleeve the rest.

Opened a pack with tiny micro-lessons on the back — monetary theory made tactile. Cards that turn the bitcoin story into pop-culture artifacts you can hold and pass on. Keep one, sleeve one, trade one.

BJ Dichter drove trucks, grabbed a mic, and wrote Honking for Freedom. When banks froze convoy donations, supporters raised about 21 bitcoin and used paper wallets to keep funds moving. Keep.

He doesn't open the pack—he receives it and says, “Even heroes need to do their homework on the villains of this world.” A cel‑shaded moment that turns a card into a lesson; keep the one that makes you think.

Citadel21’s zine cover becomes a hold-in-hand card — art by Asanoha and Andrii Pylypenko, riffing on Guy Swann’s Matrix meme. Foil-layered, art-first collectible made to sleeve and show; keep it, grade it, tell the story. #Citadel21

Halving: the code flips the faucet to half flow every 210,000 blocks. It’s a built‑in rarity cue in Bitcoin’s story—think scheduled wear on a long-running print. Keep the card, sleeve the story.