Milestone
Bitcoin
2023
Bitcoin Ordinals Minting Launch
Ordinals enabled NFT-like inscriptions on Bitcoin, driving fee spikes and reigniting debates on blockspace usage.
Event date: 2023-01-21
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Key Facts
Peak metric200k+ inscriptions in early weeks
OutcomeNew Bitcoin blockspace demand
ChainBitcoin
Year2023
Typemilestone
Tags
nft
infrastructure
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