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What are Bitcoin Ordinals?

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Here, you'll find a curated collection of valuable Bitcoin Ordinals resources, from articles to video tutorials and tweet thread, all aimed at providing you with an increased understanding of this exciting technology. Dive in and explore. Reach out to the OCM community on our Discord if you have any questions or want to share some helpful resources with us too.

Bitcoin Ordinals Explained

OCM NFT Migration from Ethereum to Bitcoin

First 10K Collection of Art Inscribed on Bitcoin

OCM Genesis is the first NFT collection where all 10,000 images and metadata (similar to DNA describing the NFT) were generated using code entirely on-chain in a single transaction on Ethereum on September 11, 2021. With the launch of Bitcoin Ordinals, on February 8, 2023, OCM Genesis was the first ever collection of 10,000 images to be inscribed entirely on-chain on Bitcoin in one inscription, Inscription #20219 which represents the year (2021) and month (9, September) that OCM Genesis was created all on-chain on Ethereum. All 10,000 images were inscribed in a single inscription, in less than 20 kilobytes, and for only $23.01.

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Parent-Child Provenance

Bitcoin Ordinals didn’t initially have a way to look up all the items in the collection or to determine a total supply, until parent-child provenance was added on Sep. 6, 2023. Every item ‘children’ in the collection links to the ‘parent’, thereby making collection provenance provable, on-chain, immutable and easily identifiable.

“The collection provenance is established by having a parent collection ordinal that is referenced by its many children ordinals that are all members of the collection. This has two significant advantages: provenance for the collection is very clear, and storage space required to store all of the data for the child ordinals can be greatly reduced by reusing data in the parent.”

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Cursed Inscriptions

When you create an inscription, the Ordinals protocol needs to assign a satoshi a serial number, which references the file in the blockchain. When everything is going swimmingly, the inscription count will rise by the number of files inscribed. In the case of cursed inscriptions, it works in the opposite manner, where negative values are displayed and counted backwards with each inscription that is created.

Recursion

Bitcoin Ordinals introduce a higher level of functionality to digital artifacts, outclassing your typical JPEG NFTs! A standout feature is recursion.

An inscription is data that you want to store on Bitcoin. The maximum size is only ~400 kbytes (or ~4 MB with the help of a miner and high costs). Not only is the size a hard limitation, but the cost goes up with the size. Recursion solves the maximum file size bottleneck and reduces cost. Recursion allows you to split up your work across multiple inscriptions, so you have more space to inscribe your work. More importantly, recursion lets you re-use past inscriptions to greatly save cost!

In computer science, recursion is when a function calls itself, allowing repeated operations. This is possible with Bitcoin Ordinals, where an inscription can reference and incorporate parts of prior inscriptions. This opens up new avenues for dynamic and evolving digital artifacts.

Recursion is even more powerful when used with code. Recursions lets you use programs from other inscriptions in your inscription. For OCM Dimensions, we inscribed several widely used code libraries for compression, Three.js and p5.js, and everyone can use them!

Co-founder & CEO Danny Yang dives into recursive inscriptions, their importance, practical applications, and how recursion works with OCM Dimensions:

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Artists & Collections using OCM Dimensions recursion

Satoshis or sats

A satoshi is the smallest denomination of bitcoin that can be recoded on the blockchain. Each bitcoin is divisible into 100,000,000 satoshis, abbreviated to sat(s). In other words, a sat is the equivalent of 0.00000001 bitcoin and is named after the creator of Bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto.

Block 9 sats

Block 78 sats

Additional knowledge references on notable sats:

Top 10 Ordinals Meta List

  1. Rare Sats

  2. Recursion

  3. BRC-20

  1. Inscription Numbers

  2. File Size

  3. Parent-Child

  1. Cursed Inscriptions

  2. Domain Names

  3. File Type

  4. Teleburning

Learn more about these top Ordinals attributes, what they mean and how OCM Dimensions relates to them:

Significance of Ordinals

Ordinals & NFTs on the Medium of Bitcoin

Read about art on Bitcoin as a Medium, and how OCM Genesis on Bitcoin were artfully created on Bitcoin Ordinals:

Implications for the Future of Bitcoin

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Danny Yang and Bill Tai, cofounders of Metagood and creators of OnChainMonkey, discuss with Laura Shin, crypto journalist and author of "The Cryptopians", on her on why OCM will migrate their NFT collection from Ethereum to Bitcoin, and what might be in store for Ordinals.

— Metagood & OCM co-founder & CEO Danny Yang in

Ordinal team parent-child provenance implementation GitHub pull request:

Cursed inscriptions were found when a group of developers discovered a bug in the existing Ordinals code responsible for the standardisation of inscriptions. Casey Rodarmor, the creator of Ordinals, became aware of the loophole and his thoughts and potential solutions for the bug, where he mentioned: “Consider these new inscriptions “cursed” and assign them negative inscription numbers.” —

Ordinals Protocol v0.6.0 on June 4, 2023 introduced a significant development known as cursed inscriptions. This is an important index upgrade that recognizes many inscriptions previously skipped and unsupported. Learn more about cursed inscriptions in the .

On Jan. 5, 2024 at block 824544, the Ordinals bid the end of future cursed inscriptions in celebrating the . This means existing cursed inscriptions will remain cursed, and new ones can never be created. OCM Genesis will remain a 10k cursed inscription collection.

"One of the most notable projects using recursive inscriptions is OnChainMonkey. OnChainMonkey is a popular NFT project that has created a new NFT collection using recursive inscriptions. The collection, called consists of 300 3D animated Bitcoin Ordinals that were created using recursions."

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Co-founder & CEO Danny Yang explains why Block 9 sats are quite special for Bitcoin: -- Block 9 sats are the oldest sats in circulation, and carry remarkable historical significance. -- Block 9 sats were mined and owned by by Satoshi himself, and the first sats to be sent in a peer-to-peer transaction to , an early Bitcoin contributor. --

OCM Genesis migrating to BTC on Block 9 sats.

Block 78 occupies a significant place in the history of Bitcoin. It was mined by , an early Bitcoin contributor, marking the first instance when an individual other than the elusive Satoshi Nakamoto contributed to the blockchain's growth.

Co-founder & CEO Danny Yang .

Galaxy, a corporate news, crypto educational resources, and institutional thought leadership content organization, . details the powerful features and significance of Ordinals, particularly on recursive inscriptions, parent-child provenance, and re-inscriptions.

Find more talks with Web3, crypto and blockchain leaders on the

"Cooking on Bitcoin with Danny Yang" >
setting up a Bitcoin Wallets >
podcast Unchained Crypto
https://x.com/OnChainMonkey/status/1623784604309278720?s=20
https://twitter.com/ord_io/status/1644048061034004481?s=20
Bitcoin Magazine article "
Ordinals Are Good For Bitcoin, But More Standards Are Needed” (Apr. 2023)
https://x.com/LeonidasNFT/status/1644054802270244877?s=20
https://github.com/ordinals/ord/pull/1963
posted on GitHub
The Bitcoin Manual article "What are Cursed Inscriptions?"
nft now article, "Bitcoin NFTs? Ordinals Inscriptions Explained (Finding, Buying, and More)"
Jubilee
"OCM Dimensions,"
Trust Machines article, "Recursive Inscriptions and the Future of Bitcoin Blockchain Technology: How do recursive inscriptions work, and what could they bring to the Bitcoin blockchain?"
Using recursion to do delayed-reveal collections in OCM Dimensions >
On GitHub, we share how creators can use OCM Dimensions-inscribed p5 and Three.js for their own Bitcoin Ordinals works >
Hal Finney
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Hal Finney
https://help.magiceden.io/en/articles/8405973-magic-eden-s-guide-to-rare-sats
https://www.ocmmagazine.com/ocm-buzz/bitcoin-ordinals-a-closer-look-at-satributes
describes these key points, and how OCM Dimensions was created to be a showpiece for Ordinals here
publishes informative research and reports on Bitcoin Ordinals
Galaxy's second and most recent report on Oct. 2, 2023
Combinator Talks page >

These are just some illustrative examples of creators using OCM Dimensions recursion, inscribed p5.js or Three.js libraries in their work, with many more waiting to be explored and created.

Bitcoin Ordinals explained by Metagood/OCM co-founder & CEO Danny Yang
Unchained Crypto podcast - host & crypto journalist Laura Shin talks with Metagood/OCM co-founders Danny Yang & Bill Tai on "Why all 10K OCM NFTs will move from Ethereum to Bitcoin"
- Aug. 26, 2023 panel "Building on Top of Bitcoin" (47:10:00)
Bitcoin Application Stanford Summit (BASS) 2023
OnChainMonkey Spends Over $1 Million to Migrate NFTs to Bitcoin - Bitcoin Magazine - Bitcoin News, Articles and Expert InsightsBitcoin Magazine - Bitcoin News, Articles and Expert Insights
Recursive Inscriptions & the Bitcoin Blockchaintrustmachinesco
Bitcoin Inscriptions & OrdinalsGalaxy
This first report highlights the emergence of Ordinals, a new frontier for digital collectibles on Bitcoin.
Galaxy - Bitcoin Inscriptions & Ordinals: A New $5 Billion Market (Mar. 3, 2023)
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Bitcoin Inscriptions & Ordinals: A Maturing EcosystemGalaxy
This second report updates on the Ordinals ecosystem, and provides a comprehensive overview of significant developments in Ordinals infrastructure.
Galaxy - Bitcoin Inscriptions & Ordinals: A Maturing Ecosystem (Oct. 2, 2023)
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- Dec. 16, 2023 panel discussion on the Implications for the future of Bitcoin between Casey Rodarmor (Creator of Ordinals Protocol), Danny Yang (CEO of Metagood/OCM), David Bailey (CEO of Bitcoin Magazine), Domo (Creator of BRC-20) and moderation from Albert Liang (CEO of Bitcoin Startup Lab).
Sora Summit 2023 (Taipei Blockchain Week)
Happy Jubilee! Bitcoin block 824544
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OCM Genesis 10K collection inscription ()

https://www.ord.io/20219
Medium article, "OCM Dimensions: Unveiling the Many Dimensions of Ordinals" by Metagood / OCM co-founder & CEO Danny Yang
Bitcoin Magazine: "The Rise of Ordinals & NFTs on the Medium of Bitcoin", op-ed by co-founder & CEO Danny Yang (Nov. 30, 2023)
Artist @hertenb3k's music ordinal 'Luxas - Ordo Sanctus' Inscription #13,688,635
Creator @Theezy350's Space Blocks game ordinal Inscription #13,611,867
Artist @otograf_jp's Inscription #17,779,695
Artist @0xfar's Infinites AI and Infinites IRL collections
Artist @Solemn's GL1TCH C0DE$
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