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Crypto entrepreneur proposes 450-foot Prometheus statue on Alcatraz
A Denver-based cryptocurrency investor has unveiled plans to build a 450-foot statue of the Greek god Prometheus on Alcatraz Island — a project that, if realized, would tower over San Francisco Bay and stand even taller than the Statue of Liberty. Ross Calvin, founder of the Bitcoin mining firm Parhelion, is spearheading the proposal through his nonprofit American Colossus Foundation, which describes itself as promoting “a cultural renaissance of civilizational power through creativity, self-sovereignty and future-thinking.” The plan envisions a nickel-bronze monument rising high enough for the figure’s head ... (full story)
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