TBA-0341 · Archive record
Max Mellenbruch
Thug Life · 0.23 BTC
Max Mellenbruch’s parallel Bitcoin artwork on ten US $100 notes, housed in acrylic cases. The maker explicitly distinguishes this project from the official Kialara series.
Documented details
- Maker / brand
- Max Mellenbruch
- Issuer
- Max Mellenbruch (private artist)
- Seller
- Kialara
- Object type
- Banknote wallet
- Release year
- 2016
- Material
- Paper / acrylic / metal screws
- Purity / composition
- Not applicable · altered banknote and enclosure
- Denomination
- 0.23 BTC inscription · US $100 host note
- Edition / mintage
- 10
- Artist-reported edition size
- Ten altered banknotes with sequential serial endings 01–10; no current funded population verified.
- Finish / variant
- Thug Life · 0.23 BTC
- Original funding arrangement
- Originally funded
Not established or not applicable
Issuing country, Producer, Mint / inscription year, Offer year, Weight, Diameter / dimensions, Thickness.
Identification notes
The host notes are described as printed in 2009; the artwork is listed as 2016. The reverse inscription claims 0.23 BTC, valued at $100 on January 3, 2016. Funding is an attributed historical claim, not a balance verification. Holograms are applied to the case. No coin mint year is inferred from the banknote date.
Sources
Record reviewed: 2026-10-12.
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