Ordinals

The process for creating a Bitcoin Ordinal, also known as inscribing, involves the following key steps:

Set up an ordinals-compatible Bitcoin wallet

You need a wallet that supports the Ordinals protocol, such as Hiro Wallet, Xverse Wallet, or Sparrow Wallet

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These wallets allow you to send and receive satoshis (the smallest unit of Bitcoin) and interact with Ordinal inscriptions

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Select the digital content you want to inscribe

You can choose to inscribe various types of data such as images, text, video, or other digital files

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The content should be under 4MB in size. Images are recommended to be under 60KB and GIFs under 200KB

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Upload your content to an Ordinals inscription service

Platforms like Gamma.io provide an easy interface to inscribe your selected content onto a satoshi

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You upload your file to the service to prepare it for inscription.

Pay the inscription fees

Creating an Ordinal requires paying a network fee to Bitcoin miners and a service fee to the inscription platform

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The fees incentivize the miners to include your Ordinal transaction in a block. Higher fees generally result in faster inscriptions

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Specify the receiving Bitcoin address

Provide a Bitcoin address from your ordinals-compatible wallet where the newly inscribed Ordinal will be sent

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It's recommended to generate a new address for each inscription to avoid losing Ordinals

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Wait for the inscription process to complete

Once you've paid the fees, the inscription service will add your content to the Bitcoin blockchain by inscribing it onto a satoshi

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Depending on network congestion and fees paid, it may take some time for the Ordinal to be mined into a block

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Receive and verify your Bitcoin Ordinal

After the inscription is confirmed, the Ordinal will arrive at your specified Bitcoin receiving address

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You can look up and verify your Ordinal on an Ordinals explorer like Ordinals.com by searching for the inscription transaction ID

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By following this process, anyone can create their own unique Bitcoin Ordinal and contribute to the growing ecosystem of Bitcoin-native digital artifacts. The Ordinals protocol enables attaching additional data to satoshis, turning them into distinguishable and tradable NFT-like assets on the Bitcoin blockchain