#ordinals

It’s been only six months since Bitcoin NFTs were first launched, but they have already made quite a few headlines. When Ordinals were released in early 2023, they became an immediate trend. A couple of months later, however, they caused one of the biggest overloads in the history of the Bitcoin blockchain, which raised a debate on whether we need Bitcoin NFTs in the first place. So, what makes Ordinals so “un-ordinary”?