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What Are Bitcoin Ordinals? A Beginner’s Explanation
Bitcoin has long been seen as digital money, but starting in early 2023, a new idea called Bitcoin Ordinals added a complicated wrinkle. Ordinals allow people to inscribe data directly onto the smallest units of bitcoin, called satoshis (or “sats”). That means a satoshi — once just a tiny fraction of a Bitcoin — can become a unique, traceable, and transferable digital artifact. Suddenly, Bitcoin isn’t only about value transfer; it can also carry identity, art, and permanence. And for anyone watching the current cryptocurrency prices with eagerness, satoshis were a perfect opening. Bitcoin Ordinals: The Nuts ... (full story)
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