Bitcoin Ecosystem Infrastructure: Long-term Opportunities in the Inscription Boom

As the craze for Bitcoin inscriptions continues to heat up, manually participating in new inscription projects has become a red ocean. However, historical experience shows that, similar to the early meme animal market, most projects may just be a flash in the pan, and only a few top projects will ultimately remain.

In this context, in addition to the endless new inscription projects, the infrastructure projects within the entire ecosystem may become the long-term value, becoming a necessity among necessities as the Bitcoin ecosystem continues to develop. This article aims to summarize the infrastructure projects of the Bitcoin ecosystem and outline the emerging landscape of inscription infrastructure.

Overview of Bitcoin Ecosystem Inscription Infrastructure

The Bitcoin ecosystem and inscription infrastructure-related projects cover multiple areas including wallets, cross-chain, trading markets, minting tools, and data queries.

wallet

1. Unisat: A non-custodial open-source Bitcoin inscription plugin wallet that supports Ordinals and BRC20, helping users store, mint, and transfer BRC20 tokens, as well as buy and sell BTC, NFTs, domain names, etc.

2. A certain trading platform Web3 wallet: The first to support BRC20 inscriptions and BTC NFT trading, staking, and launched the Bitcoin ecological standard BRC20-S, inscription tools, and other components, contributing to the open-source development of the Bitcoin inscription track.

3. Xverse: A non-KYC Bitcoin wallet developed by Secret Key Labs, supporting Ordinals, BRC-20 tokens, and the Bitcoin smart contract platform Stacks, with plans to support the Bitcoin Lightning Network in the future.

4. Odinals Wallet: A non-custodial BTC wallet that supports viewing and storing BTC and Ordinals NFTs, as well as various operations related to Ordinals.

5. Hiro Wallet: A wallet developed on Stacks, supporting storage and viewing of Bitcoin and Ordinals, allowing users to manage STX and other assets across accounts.

Launchpad

1. TurtSat: A community-driven open platform aimed at becoming the Gitcoin for Ordinals, providing space for building, donating, and impacting Bitcoin Ordinals & BRC-20.

2. Luminex: A Bitcoin Ordinals Launchpad platform dedicated to introducing Bitcoin ordinals and BRC20 projects into the ecosystem, providing services such as scalable, non-custodial minting.

3. A certain brand: decentralized auction protocol, recently gained attention due to auctioning Bitcoin-related conceptual projects. Launched BounceBit to design DeFi solutions for the Bitcoin ecosystem.

cross-chain

1. MultiBit: BRC20 and ERC20 cross-chain protocol, enabling cross-chain transfer between BRC20 and ERC20 tokens.

2. Analysoor: A cross-chain protocol for inscriptions on Solana, addressing the issues of fair distribution and liquidity guidance for memes and NFTs.

3. TeleportDAO: A cross-chain Ordinals marketplace, including the multi-chain BTC cross-chain trading protocol TeleSwap and the Ordinals trading market TeleOrdinal.

trading market

1. A trading platform Ordinals market: The largest BRC20 inscription and BTC NFT trading market, completely decentralized, supporting multiple functions.

2. Unisat Marketplace: An Inscriptions market based on PSBT, supporting BRC-20 assets.

3. Ordinals Market: Bitcoin inscription trading market, supporting multiple wallet transactions.

4. Ordswap: A trustless Ordinals marketplace built on Bitcoin.

5. A platform Bitcoin: Bitcoin ecological NFT market, supports listing, purchasing, and selling on Ordinals.

6. Orders Exchange: A decentralized exchange for BRC20 tokens built on Bitcoin PSBT technology.

minting tool

1. Looksordinal: A self-custody BRC20 token minting auxiliary tool.

2. iDclub: BRC20 token minting platform, supports Ordinals NFT and inscription engraving.

3. CoinTool: A multi-chain inscription minting and monitoring toolkit.

4. MCT: Multi-Chain Inscription Engraving Protocol, supports real-time monitoring and batch engraving of inscription projects on multiple public chains.

5. BIIS: A "BRC Ecosystem Toolbox" aimed at developers and users, providing comprehensive integrated tools.

data & query

1. mempool: Bitcoin community memory pool and blockchain explorer.

2. ordiscan: Ordinals browser, supports inscription and address queries.

3. BRC-20.io: A Bitcoin inscription token data platform that provides real-time price tracking.

4. OrdSpace: An insights and analytics platform for Ordinals data.

5. Ordinals Directory: A platform for summarizing the Ordinals NFT series.

6. Best in Slot: Ordinals Aggregator & Browser, supports one-click viewing of Bitcoin inscription information.

7. GeniiData: An Ordinals ecological data analysis platform that provides BRC20 token popularity index and ranking data.

8. Whatscription: A multi-chain inscription monitoring protocol that supports real-time tracking and querying of multi-chain inscription minting status.

9. OrdinalHub: A one-stop data platform for Bitcoin NFTs, supporting discovery, tracking, and analysis.

Conclusion

The Ordinals wave has brought a large amount of funds, users, and developers to the Bitcoin ecosystem, significantly enhancing the richness and participation of assets within the ecosystem. Regardless of when the inscription craze returns to calm, the Bitcoin ecosystem has already accumulated sufficient resources and attention, laying a foundation for long-term development. Therefore, the Bitcoin ecosystem and inscription infrastructure projects may have long-term value and are worth continued attention. As the ecosystem continues to develop, we can anticipate the emergence of more innovative projects that will further improve and enrich the Bitcoin ecosystem.