Making Your First Bitcoin Ordinals Purchase
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Xverse is the preferred Bitcoin Ordinals wallet for OCM collections on Bitcoin, and our official wallet partner for OCM Genesis on BTC. Only Xverse wallet supports all BTC Genesis features. Use of other wallets, like Leather/Hiro or Unisat, as the receiving address of your BTC Genesis carries the risk of asset loss.
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Crypto wallets are programs that help users interact with blockchains. Through wallets, users can easily and securely transact cryptocurrencies and digital assets, including Bitcoin Ordinals.
There are two main types of crypto wallets: * hard wallets, which store data and secure information within a hardware device, and * soft wallets, which store data within a cloud or server
Although hard wallets can be more secure, they are more expensive and difficult to set up and use as a newcomer, so we will be setting up a soft wallet using Xverse, one of the most widely used Bitcoin Wallets that support Ordinals. With a Bitcoin Ordinals wallet, you’ll be able to purchase digital assets on Bitcoin, including OCM Genesis and , from our marketplace .
If you accidentally send BTC to your Ordinals/Taproot address, your BTC balance will not reflect the transfer, and this bitcoin will not be spendable. Only send BTC to the BTC payment address.
Once your Bitcoin wallet with Ordinals support (e.g. Xverse) is set up, it’s time to fund it with bitcoin crypto currency (BTC). BTC can be purchased from cryptocurrency exchange platforms like , , (USA) and (Canada). Available currency exchange and crypto purchasing platforms vary per region.
How can I send BTC to my Bitcoin Wallet?
After , preview our standout curated collections and easily shop for premium digital artifacts available now with the 'Listed Only' filter.
Your transaction total (BTC) will be your purchase price plus miner fees. Miner fees can vary depending on how busy the blockchain is at the time of your transaction. The length of your transaction completion time can vary and depend on a number of factors, like Bitcoin blockchain network congestion and transaction size. Transactions may vary from 10 minutes to an hour for a block confirmation to complete. Please see to learn how Bitcoin transactions work. tool also gives live readings of average block times and activity.
