In so many articles and videos about Bitcoin, we often see a stock image of a physical, metal coin with a capital letter '₿' with some circuitry around it.

For those less enlightened, is what Bitcoin actually looks like.

This first (and perhaps only) impression can suggest that Bitcoin must be:

a) A solid, indivisible coin, like a Krugerrand or gold Sovereign which is indivisible. No stacking sats here.

b) as it's priced at so many tens of thousands of dollars over their disposable income - it's unattainable. No stacking sats here either.

c) Questions of if they could afford one, how could they spend it or secure it?

d) Or just plain believing the image and laying themselves open to scams (as they're looking to buy a coin just like that).

Other than bringing into the stock image scene unreal images of sat coins (which might bring up further conversation and the possible chance of education about the divisibility of Bitcoin - but still conveys a false depiction) it seems pretty impossible to think of an alternative to these stock images. Being in this vacuum, websites can't help but continue to fall back on these images - and, without context, lasting first impressions will always be wrong.

The community has spent years pushing against misrepresentation of Bitcoin in words in the press - it seems that that tide may be changing. However, the depiction of Bitcoin might be a more difficult nut to crack.

Has the community ever had better ideas for images, or will we be plagued with such awful stock images for all time?