Bitcoin "Ordinals": From Magic Internet Money to Magic Internet JPEGs

A “Bitcoin Punk” NFT recently sold for 9.5 BTC, roughly $214’000.

The “Ordinal Punk” NFT collection, minted on the Bitcoin-native “Ordinals Protocol”, sold out earlier this month and features 100 NFTs in the style of the famous Ethereum-based CryptoPunks collection.

As of now, more than 155’000 Bitcoin NFTs, named “ordinals”, have been minted (“inscribed” is the official term). Growth has exploded and it’s not slowing down.