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Bitcoin’s Runes Protocol Hype Falls Short: Significant Drop in Activity and Fees
18.5.2024
It has been 29 days since the halving and the launch of the Runes protocol, and since May 1, Runes activity has been underwhelming, falling short of the expectations set months prior. Similarly, the trend of Ordinals inscriptions has significantly declined over the past month. Runes...
Runes make up 68% of all Bitcoin transactions since launch
25.4.2024
Runes continues to make up the vast majority of Bitcoin transactions, however the fees earned by Bitcoin miners from Runes has slightly tailed off since the record-setting halving day
Sotheby’s Breaks New Ground with First Bitcoin Ordinals Poem Sale
29.1.2024
Sotheby’s has sold an Ordinals inscribed poem titled “Cord” by Ana Maria Caballero for 0.28 Bitcoin or $11,430. The sale, which took place last week, was part of the Natively Digital auction, an online event featuring Bitcoin Ordinals inscriptions. The Natively Digital collection...
BRC-20 Inscription Growth Key for Bitcoin’s Continued Dominance in 2023 – Binance Research
15.1.2024
The cryptocurrency market witnessed a remarkable recovery in 2023 with a staggering 109% year-over-year (YoY) surge. However, what captured the attention of the Binance Research team was the notable growth of the BRC-20 token standard throughout the year. In their 140-page report, the research...
Taproot Wizards Contributor Launches Script To Remove Bitcoin Ordinals Inscriptions
27.12.2023
Source: Pixabay A contributor to Taproot Wizards has launched a script to reject Ordinals inscriptions. In an X post published on Tuesday, Rijndael, Taproot Wizards’ chief technology officer, announced that he had published a script to “rid your node of inscriptions.” “Merry Christmas,...
Jack Dorsey Backed Bitcoin Mining Pool Ocean Acknowledges Filtering Ordinal Inscriptions
2.12.2023
Ocean, a Bitcoin mining pool that recently raised $6.2 million in a seed funding round led by former Twitter (now known as X) CEO Jack Dorsey, is currently filtering ordinal inscription transactions. Giacomo Zucco, a bitcoiner, confirmed that Ocean was using Knots as a node, a software developed...
Elon Musk slams NFTs but ends up arguing the case for Bitcoin Ordinals
2.11.2023
Elon Musk argued that NFT projects “should at least encode the JPEG in the blockchain,” to the delight of many Bitcoiners
Ordinals still make up majority of Bitcoin txs despite price collapse
21.8.2023
Bitcoin Ordinals appear to be alive and kicking with nearly 85% of network activity dominated by inscriptions and BRC-20 minting on Aug. 21
Watch out Ordinals, 30,000 ‘Ethscriptions’ land on Ethereum
19.6.2023
Inspired by Bitcoin Ordinals inscriptions, Ethscriptions offer a new way to mint NFTs on Ethereum
Bitcoin Ordinals rolls out upgrade to rectify 'Cursed Inscriptions' issue
5.6.2023
Previously unrecognized Ordinals inscriptions will be indexed by the protocol following the upgrade, which will allow them to be traded
Ordinals Inscriptions on Bitcoin Surpass 10 Million, Fueling NFT and Token Boom
30.5.2023
On Monday, May 28, 2023, a pivotal landmark was reached as the aggregate quantity of Ordinal inscriptions minted on the Bitcoin blockchain exceeded 10 million in under half a year. Since Ordinal inscriptions’ inception, bitcoin miners have garnered roughly 1,596 bitcoins, valued at $44.37...
Ordinals sends LTC and DOGE network activity surging for 3 straight weeks
22.5.2023
Move over Bitcoin, Ordinals on Litecoin and Dogecoin have unleashed a frenzy of transactions
Ordinals inscriptions approach 4.8M, nearly doubling in just over a week
9.5.2023
The BRC-20 token frenzy has seen the number of Ordinals inscriptions on the Bitcoin network soar 92% in 8 days
Galaxy tips Bitcoin NFT market to hit $4.5B by 2025
4.3.2023
Galaxy’s estimation was based on the rapid uptick of interest in Bitcoin NFTs, currency market infrastructure, and the potential to take some market-share away from Ethereum
Bitcoin hits record 44M non-zero addresses, thanks to Ordinals: Glassnode
14.2.2023
Glassnode noted that this is the first time in Bitcoin history where the network has been used for purposes other than for monetary purposes
More Than 7,000 Ordinals Inscriptions Have Already Been Included on the Bitcoin Blockchain
6.2.2023
Ordinals inscriptions, viewed as a kind of Bitcoin-native NFTs, are picking up steam among some Bitcoin circles, even though the procedures to issue them are far from user-friendly. The protocol, which was unveiled in January, has already served to bring more than 7,000 inscriptions directly to...