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ORDI
ORDI is the first BRC-20 token built on the Bitcoin blockchain due to Ordinals protocol.
SATS (Ordinals)
SATS is a BRC20-token running on Bitcoin blockchain due to Ordinals protocol.
Rats
RATS is the animal token created on the BTC Blockchain using the BRC-20 protocol.
Dog
DOG is a meme token launched on Bitcoin Runes protocol.
RSIC•GENESIS•RUNE
Runecoin is a fungible token project on Bitcoin, using Runes Protocol.
PUPS
PUPS is a BRC-20 meme token.
NALS
NALS is a BRC20 meme token running on Bitcoin blockchain.
SATOSHI•NAKAMOTO
SATOSHI•NAKAMOTO is a Bitcoin Rune.
Mice (Ordinals)
MICE is a meme BRC-20 token
Pizza
PIZZA is BRC-20 meme token deployed by Unisat Wallet.
Magic Eden
Magic Eden is a multi-chain NFT, Inscriptions and Runes Marketplace.
Liquidium
Liquidium is a peer-to-peer Bitcoin Ordinals lending platform.
Element
Element is a multi-chain aggregated NFT marketplace.
Taproot Wizards
Taproot Wizards is an ordinals project that was inspired by the original Bitcoin wizard Reddit meme.
Singular Protocol
Singular is an automatic Interest Based Risk NFT Lending Protocol.
Gamma.io
Gamma is a Bitcoin creator launchpad and NFT marketplace.
Bitcoin Puppets
Bitcoin Puppets is a collection of 777 inscription avatars on Bitcoin blockchain.
NodeMonkes
NodeMonkes is a collection of 10,000 inscription avatars on Bitcoin blockchain.
Pizza Ninjas
Pizza Ninjas is a collection of 1,500 inscription avatars on Bitcoin blockchain.
Bitcoin Frogs
Bitcoin Frogs is a collection of 10,000 inscription-avatars on Bitcoin blockchain.
Stacks
A Bitcoin L2 enabling smart contracts, apps with Bitcoin as secure base layer.
Babylon
Babylon is a blockchain protocol enhancing Bitcoin with staking and timestamping functionalities.
Merlin Chain
Merlin Chain offers a native scaling solution that integrates ZK-Rollup network.
SatoshiVM
SatoshiVM is a ZK Rollup Layer 2 solution with native BTC gas.
MAP Protocol
MAP Protocol is a Bitcoin layer-2 and peer-to-peer omnichain infrastructure built upon light clients and ZK technology.
BOB
BOB (Build on Bitcoin) is a Bitcoin L2 with full EVM compatibility & native Bitcoin support.
Nubit
Nubit is a Bitcoin-native data availability layer designed to revolutionize transaction processing on the Bitcoin network.
Citrea
Citrea is a Bitcoin-based rollup using zero-knowledge proofs.
BitSmiley
BitSmiley is a stablecoin protocol on the BTC ecosystem.
Lightning Labs
Lightning Labs is building the next generation of decentralized, resilient financial infrastructure.
Bitcoin is an innovative Internet Protocol with or provide anonymous peer-to-peer digital value transactions without the need of a central authority or a bank to execute transactions, which means it is fully decentralized.
Bitcoins has become reality via the collective consensus of the network nodes. Bitcoin is open-source, open to the public, and no one has control over it.
Bitcoin transactions are:
Permissionless and borderless. You can send payment transactions in BTC to anyone, at anytime, and any amount, with no need of intermediaries like banks or governments. Nobody is able to restrict your remittance, freeze it or control it in any way;
You do not need to provide any ID or pass KYC/AML, which constitutes technology suitable for the unbanked, the privacy-conscious communities, or people in financially underdeveloped or sanctioned countries;
Bitcoin cannot be tampered with since nobody is able to block or freeze a transaction of any amount;
Irreversible once a transaction is added to the blockchain;
Fast. Transactions can be processed within seconds and become fully irreversible within an hour;
Available and online 24 hours a day/365 days per year.
These transactions are tracked on a distributed ledger, commonly referred to as a blockchain. This ledger records every bitcoin transaction ever made. Each “block” in the blockchain is built up of a data structure based on encrypted Merkle Trees. This is particularly useful for detecting fraud or corrupt files. Even if a single file is corrupt or fraudulent, the blockchain prevents it from damaging the rest of the ledger.
Stored Bitcoins:
The Bitcoin total supply is stable and predefined at 21 million Bitcoins. More Bitcoins cannot be issued as a result BTC won't be debased. Bitcoin’s blockchain inherent rules guarantee that only 21 million Bitcoins will ever exist. On April 20, 2024, BTC experienced its fourth block reward halving. Today around 450BTC are mined every 24 hours. It will be halved once every four years or so till the last bitcoin has been mined. In actuality, the final bitcoin is hardly to be mined till around the year 2140. Additionally, there are no storage costs as Bitcoins do not take up any physical space regardless of the amount.
How does Bitcoin work?
The underlying technologies behind Bitcoin are public-key cryptography, peer-to-peer networking, and Proof-of-Work consensus mechanism for payment verification. One of Bitcoin’s most appealing features is its verification process, which minimizes the risk of fraud. Bitcoin is decentralized and kept secure by “miners” — continuously verifying transactions and getting block rewards in exchange for their work. Once a specific amount of transactions are verified, another block is added to the blockchain and the process continues as usual.
Each payment transaction is broadcasted to the network and included in the blockchain to avoid double-spending. After a couple of minutes, each transaction is securely stored on the blockchain by the massive amount of processing power that continues to extend the blockchain.
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