Episode notes
In this episode of Bitcoin, Explained, Aaron and Sjors explain Inscriptions, a new method to upload arbitrary data onto the Bitcoin blockchain.
Chapters
00:00:00 Inscriptions and listener boosts
00:03:28 OP_RETURN and the cost of blockchain data
00:07:34 Inscriptions, Ordinals and on-chain images
00:09:59 How inscriptions use the transaction witness
00:17:16 Taproot and inscription size limits
00:19:48 The SegWit discount and block weight
00:24:34 The controversy: node costs and filtering
00:28:49 Fee markets and Bitcoin’s long-term security
00:33:25 Ordinals, NFTs and digital ownership
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