Anti-war Blockchain Art (first post)

Yo Steemians!

My name is Michael from the US. Excited to join the community!

I'm an Iraq war vet and I'd thought I'd share with you some of my anti-war art as my introduceyourself post.

So here it is:

A little explanation of the art:

Using Bitcoin Cash OP_RETURN transactions, this image (45 lines each 80 ASCII characters long) has been enshrined on the blockchain forever.

100 years ago the U.S. Congress passed the Espionage and Sedition Acts of 1918 to censor anti-war voices.

Today, technologies like Bitcoin empower such voices, promoting peace and subverting corruption. Bitcoin’s blockchain is immutable, meaning it cannot be changed, and no amount of censorship can silence messages such as this one.

Smedley D. Butler was a United States Marine Corps major general (the highest rank authorized at that time) and at the time of his death the most decorated Marine in U.S. history. He was a recipient of the Medal of Honor, twice.

And though a legend in USMC circles (all Marine Corps bases in Okinawa, Japan are named after him), a seldom known fact is that after retirement, Gen. Butler wrote a book titled “War Is a Racket” and became an anti-war activist.

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Thank you for reading! Please share your thoughts and/or questions and comments.

I originally posted this art on twitter here:
https://twitter.com/SamHamsOrg/status/989323930438545409
(please excuse the moniker, it's a bit of an anti-war troll account. No hate whatsoever meant by it, just poking fun!)

Cheers, and looking forward to your feedback!