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Ordinals and Inscriptions

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Ordinals assign an ordering identity to individual satoshis, while inscriptions attach arbitrary witness data to transactions. Together they create a Bitcoin application pattern for collectibles and other data-bearing artifacts with on-chain fee and block-space tradeoffs.

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Curated resources (2)

• Mastering Bitcoin (book) Background for Bitcoin transactions, SegWit witness data, and Taproot script paths.
• Ordinals Protocol (article) Protocol documentation for ordinal theory and inscriptions.

Direct prerequisites (2)

• Taproot
• Transaction Witness Structure

Direct dependents (0)

• None

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