American Bitcoin miner MARA has put a portrait of President-elect Donald Trump onto the cryptocurrency's blockchain ahead of his return to the White House.
A Friday posting on X (formerly Twitter) said that the company had placed the portraits of the leader who will soon be returning on sale. "honor" His upcoming inauguration is on Monday. Bitcoiners and President-elect Trump have both expressed their support for Trump, who has promised to assist the digital asset sector.
Block 879 613 features the portrait of President-elect Trump. This company that trades on Nasdaq has also added the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights to the block.
MARA is mining today “Trump 47” Block, a historical visual marker on Bitcoin’s blockchain in honor of @realDonaldTrump becoming the United States’ first Bitcoin president. https://t.co/piHZExBDnB pic.twitter.com/L2w8qFKTLw
— MARA (@MARAHoldings) January 17, 2025
"Bitcoin's commitment to freedom aligns with America's eternal principles," The company stated. "Using our proprietary MARA Pool, we permanently embedded the Bill of Rights and U.S. Constitution into this block, preserving them forever on the Bitcoin network."
Images and text can be inscribed on the Bitcoin blockchain—which is made up of blocks containing transaction information—via the NFT-like Ordinals protocol, but what MARA did is different.
Due to the fact that the miner is in control of which transactions are being processed, he was able choose certain data to represent different colors and create a portrait of the president-elect. In other words, what you're seeing is a purposeful arrangement of data to create the image of Trump, not unlike collages that use hundreds or thousands of tiny images to create a larger portrait of someone.
Bitcoin miners work to process transactions and blocks that make up the cryptocurrency's ledger. These operations consist of huge warehouses of computers, which keep the Bitcoin network going.
Donald Trump has pledged his support for the digital asset sector and specifically to Bitcoiners. Trump also claimed that all of the remaining Bitcoins should be mined within American territory.
The price of Bitcoin has surged off the back of Trump's shock November 5 win, and hit a new all-time high price above $108,000 in December. Bitcoin almost hit $106,000 in Friday’s pre-inauguration rally, close to its previous peak.
Andrew Hayward is the editor