BitcoinArt: FREEDOM, ART AND BTC TECHNOLOGY - Open Source Project

[5Ksana_HandMade]

An open-source solution giving Bitcoin artists, makers, and independent creators their own customizable, self-hosted website complete with e-commerce and auction tools to showcase and sell handmade, Bitcoin-inspired artworks directly to collectors. Because an independently hosted site is the only place you fully control your content and presentation and the only place immune to deletion or censorship, it becomes your forever home on the web.

The goal is to give artists and creators an independent, customizable website that they host themselves. This way, there is no risk of censorship.



Principles & Values
We align with UNESCO’s definition of artistic freedom the right to imagine, create and distribute diverse cultural expressions free of governmental censorship, political interference or pressures of non-state actors, and the ability of individuals to access diverse cultural expressions

Features
Gallery & Storefront
Browse, filter, search and purchase original artworks.
Auction System
Place bids, view bid history, receive notifications.
Payment Integration
BTC (Bitcoin network - BTC) or USDT (Tron network -TRC20) via BTCPay Server
USD & credit cards via Stripe
Responsive Design
Works seamlessly on desktop and mobile.
Static Content
Bio, exhibitions, and contact pages.

Tech Stack
Frontend: React (Vite), Tailwind CSS
Backend: Node.js, Express
Database: PostgreSQL
Payments: BTCPay Server, Stripe
Containerization: Docker, Docker Compose

Roadmap
1 Localization & Internationalization
Add support for multiple languages, locale-aware formatting, and right-to-left layouts where needed.
2 Accessibility Enhancements
Improve compliance with WCAG guidelines: keyboard navigation, screen-reader labels, color contrast, and assistive technologies support.
3 User Experience (UX) Improvements
Refine user flows, optimize performance, enhance mobile and low-bandwidth experiences, and gather user feedback for iterative design.
4 Login with NOSTR
Censorship resistant open source communication protocol that is incredibly
5 New CMS panel with KeystoneJS
Self-hosted, open-source headless CMS

GitHub https://github.com/buybitart/bitcoinart

Our goal is to help artists make websites easily. No tech skills needed. Your site is your home - you own it. Like Bitcoin, you hold the key. We need support so our team can work full-time and grow the project.
If you'd like to support the project, please visit the donation page https://buybitart.com/support

Let’s make BitcoinArt stronger together! Thank you very much!

[5Ksana_HandMade]

Additionally Cloudflare free plan security: WAF rules, DDoS protection, HTTP headers and AI bot control https://github.com/buybitart/cloudflare-security-art

This guide will help you protect your website using Cloudflare. It includes firewall rules, DDoS protection, security headers, and bot settings.

It includes:

- ✅ Firewall rules  
- ✅ DDoS protection  
- ✅ Security headers  
- ✅ Bot management settings

My Cloudflare rule is:

- ✅ Tested and safe  
- ✅ Does not break your site  
- ✅ Blocks harmful bots, including AI scrapers  
- ✅ Based on a ZERO TRUST

AI bots try to copy your content!

"One of the main points of art is to dialogue with culture.
Even if unintentional, every piece of art reflects the unique background of its creator-shaped by food, religion, music, ethics, visual art, and more.
Imagine a child raised in isolation, shown only paintings 16 hours a day, and punished if their weekly drawing doesn't replicate those images closely enough. They don’t know why they draw-they just mimic. They aren’t creating. They aren’t dialoguing with art.
A computer is even simpler. It doesn't feel, doesn't reflect, doesn't remember the sound of jazz in the 1920s or the first time it saw Warhol.
But a human artist does.
They carry experience, emotion, and intention. They borrow from the past, mix it with the present, and speak in their own voice. That’s art. That’s the difference.
When art is just imitation for profit, it’s empty. But when it speaks-it matters."

AI pretend to be search engines, but they don't bring you visitors.  
Some even use fake user agents, so basic Cloudflare settings may not stop them.
This rule blocks all bots by default, and then only allows useful bots that help your website get indexed.

Cloudflare free plan security: WAF rules, DDoS protection, HTTP headers and AI bot control  https://github.com/buybitart/cloudflare-security-art

[r_victory]

Great initiative. I don't know much about art, but the paintings are beautiful. Congratulations on your work. Hand-painted in an age where everything is digital art and NFTs, I think something touchable, hanging on a wall to further enhance a space, is better. The "Flaming Bitcoin" would look perfect in my office...

Are the paintings by a single artist? If so, do you plan to open a space for other artists, like a marketplace, for example?

[5Ksana_HandMade]

Great initiative. I don't know much about art, but the paintings are beautiful. Congratulations on your work. Hand-painted in an age where everything is digital art and NFTs, I think something touchable, hanging on a wall to further enhance a space, is better. The "Flaming Bitcoin" would look perfect in my office...

Are the paintings by a single artist? If so, do you plan to open a space for other artists, like a marketplace, for example?

Thank you very much for your kind words. I am happy you like the paintings. I think it is nice to have real art you can touch and put on the wall, not only digital art or NFTs.
All the paintings are made by me. They are my own work and they belong to me.

I want to create a marketplace in the future. But to do this, I need to support my developers. Even a small amount of money helps. So if I sell a painting, part of the money will go to build the marketplace and support our open-source project.

I think the Flaming Bitcoin painting would look really good in your office.
If you want more information or want to buy a painting, I will be happy to help.

[5Ksana_HandMade]

An open-source solution giving Bitcoin artists, makers, and independent creators their own customizable, self-hosted website complete with e-commerce and auction tools to showcase and sell handmade, Bitcoin-inspired artworks directly to collectors. Because an independently hosted site is the only place you fully control your content and presentation and the only place immune to deletion or censorship, it becomes your forever home on the web.

The goal is to give artists and creators an independent, customizable website that they host themselves. This way, there is no risk of censorship.



Principles & Values
We align with UNESCO’s definition of artistic freedom the right to imagine, create and distribute diverse cultural expressions free of governmental censorship, political interference or pressures of non-state actors, and the ability of individuals to access diverse cultural expressions

Features
Gallery & Storefront
Browse, filter, search and purchase original artworks.
Auction System
Place bids, view bid history, receive notifications.
Payment Integration
BTC (Bitcoin network - BTC) or USDT (Tron network -TRC20) via BTCPay Server
USD & credit cards via Stripe
Responsive Design
Works seamlessly on desktop and mobile.
Static Content
Bio, exhibitions, and contact pages.

Tech Stack
Frontend: React (Vite), Tailwind CSS
Backend: Node.js, Express
Database: PostgreSQL
Payments: BTCPay Server, Stripe
Containerization: Docker, Docker Compose

Roadmap
1 Localization & Internationalization
Add support for multiple languages, locale-aware formatting, and right-to-left layouts where needed.
2 Accessibility Enhancements
Improve compliance with WCAG guidelines: keyboard navigation, screen-reader labels, color contrast, and assistive technologies support.
3 User Experience (UX) Improvements
Refine user flows, optimize performance, enhance mobile and low-bandwidth experiences, and gather user feedback for iterative design.
4 Login with NOSTR
Censorship resistant open source communication protocol that is incredibly
5 New CMS panel with KeystoneJS
Self-hosted, open-source headless CMS

GitHub https://github.com/buybitart/bitcoinart

Our goal is to help artists make websites easily. No tech skills needed. Your site is your home - you own it. Like Bitcoin, you hold the key. We need support so our team can work full-time and grow the project.
If you'd like to support the project, please visit the donation page https://buybitart.com/support

Let’s make BitcoinArt stronger together! Thank you very much!

BitcoinArt is made with personal savings and the idea of independence. Now we want to collect $4,500 to cover hosting costs, complete localization, deploy a new CMS panel, and improve accessibility for artists worldwide. Your support will make it easy to create websites for Bitcoin artists, keep the platform independent and open, and expand creators’ opportunities without intermediaries.

Donation page https://buybitart.com/support  accept:  Bitcoin (Bitcoin network - BTC) or USDT (Tron network -TRC20)

[5Ksana_HandMade]

For the second day hackers try to break my project Bitcoin Art. In one day it was 68.61 million requests 🚨
Why do they attack a site with bitcoin art?



It was an HTTP/2 Rapid Reset attack (CVE-2023-44487) - The vulnerability allows attackers to perform a Denial of Service (DoS) attack by rapidly sending RST_STREAM frames over HTTP/2

https://x.com/5Ksana/status/1959310534534111368
https://x.com/5Ksana/status/1959146923522224612
https://x.com/5Ksana/status/1959217163069239572

👉 The protection stopped the request 💪

GitHub https://github.com/buybitart/bitcoinart

Any support for my team and for the open project of Bitcoin Art is welcome 🙏

Support https://buybitart.com/support or https://buymeacoffee.com/bitcoinart

SUPPORT FREEDOM, ART AND BTC TECHNOLOGY!

[Vod]

Why do they attack a site with bitcoin art?[/b]

It makes no sense to me.  It has to cost them resources to launch such an attack, so unless someone was a muffin in your social circles and wanted revenge for some reason, there is no reason for them to attack your site  (muffin may be an unfamiliar term; a person who is easily offended.)

Your website says "All paintings have been sold."  Are you making more?  Do you take requests?

[5Ksana_HandMade]

Why do they attack a site with bitcoin art?[/b]

It makes no sense to me.  It has to cost them resources to launch such an attack, so unless someone was a muffin in your social circles and wanted revenge for some reason, there is no reason for them to attack your site  (muffin may be an unfamiliar term; a person who is easily offended.)

Your website says "All paintings have been sold."  Are you making more?  Do you take requests?

Thanks for reaching out!
I don’t know who or what caused it, but the attack was real. Hopefully it won’t happen again.

All sold works are shown in the Bitcoin ART Gallery: https://buybitart.com/gallery
Available paintings are in the shop: https://buybitart.com/shop

And yes I also take requests if you’d like something special.

[dkbit98]

For the second day hackers try to break my project Bitcoin Art. In one day it was 68.61 million requests 🚨
Why do they attack a site with bitcoin art?

It's not just your project, they are literally attacking anything related with bitcoin and privacy these days with ddos attacks.
I doubt this are just ordinary hackers, this is someone with unlimited resources and ability to print infinite money.
Solution most website are using is with cloudlfare, but I am not a big fan of their service.

[5Ksana_HandMade]

For the second day hackers try to break my project Bitcoin Art. In one day it was 68.61 million requests 🚨
Why do they attack a site with bitcoin art?

It's not just your project, they are literally attacking anything related with bitcoin and privacy these days with ddos attacks.
I doubt this are just ordinary hackers, this is someone with unlimited resources and ability to print infinite money.
Solution most website are using is with cloudlfare, but I am not a big fan of their service.

Maybe you are right. For now, as an art and small project, Cloudflare is the best choice. In the future, if we have time and money, we want to make our own open-source firewall.

[5Ksana_HandMade]

Support BitcoinArt -open-source tool for Bitcoin artists!
Your own website, gallery, shop, and auctions without control or middlemen.
Please, can you vote for my project? Your support means a lot ❤️
👉 https://app.decentralized.pictures/project/68c52bc24b44d98d990f4536

[5Ksana_HandMade]

🧵✨ My art installation “Bitcoin Threads” will be at Mozilla Festival
Mozilla Festival is the world's leading festival for the open internet movement.
 2025 in Barcelona, Spain 🇪🇸!
📅 November 7-9, at Poble Espanyol.
It is hand embroidery about Bitcoin, freedom, and connection. Art, like Bitcoin, has no borders and no time.
+ BitcoinArt - open-source for artists and makers.

BITCOIN ART https://schedule.mozillafestival.org/session/181

[5Ksana_HandMade]

🚨 My BitcoinArt website got 11.56M bad requests!
Cloudflare stopped them 😮💪
This year we had 5 DDoS attacks.
The website is still online! 😎✨
BitcoinArt is open-source.
You own your art. No one can delete it 🎨🔥
Please support us ❤️ https://buybitart.com/support
Twitter https://x.com/5Ksana/status/1984884283127861351