The end of an era for Curse Inscriptions, yet also their rebirth within the "BTC ecosystem"
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The end of an era for Curse Inscriptions, yet also their rebirth within the "BTC ecosystem"
Cursed inscriptions become obsolete, marking a new starting point for the Bitcoin ecosystem.
Navigating Web3 tides with focused insightsOriginal | Odaily Planet Daily
Author | Fu Heran
Recently, as the Bitcoin block height reached 824544, cursed inscriptions entered their final moments.
The impending end of cursed inscriptions has sparked widespread discussion in the crypto community, with strong bullish sentiment. Many KOLs are urging users to mint cursed inscriptions quickly. Some inscription project communities are even advocating for the last cursed inscription to belong to their own projects, aiming to boost their project's value.
What are cursed inscriptions, and why are they being phased out?
Cursed inscriptions refer to inscriptions not indexed by the Ordinals protocol. Initially, due to a bug in the Ordinals protocol, inscription numbering started counting backward from 0, assigning negative numbers, thus labeling them "cursed inscriptions."
However, in June last year, Raph, lead maintainer of the Bitcoin Ordinals protocol, announced the release of Ordinals Protocol version 0.6.0, enabling Ordinals to recognize more types of inscriptions.
Rarity is the defining feature of cursed inscriptions. Especially in Web3, NFTs are ranked by rarity, leading to price differences within the same collection. However, cursed inscriptions are more accidental in nature. Thus, their narrative centers on scarcity that distinguishes them from official inscriptions.
The end of cursed inscriptions stems from the Ordinals Jubilee upgrade. Casey Rodarmor, founder of Ordinals, previously announced that the Jubilee upgrade would occur at block height 824544. After the Jubilee, all inscriptions will be blessed, meaning features like batch inscription will no longer result in cursed inscriptions. However, cursed inscriptions created before the Jubilee upgrade will remain, which explains the community's FOMO around cursed inscriptions.
According to social media reports, the last text-based cursed inscription was INSCRIPTION-472,043, recording the Yin-Yang Mickey Mouse; the last image-based cursed inscription was the cursed goose on Pizza Satoshi, INSCRIPTION-472,040.
Before block height 824544 arrived, ongoing cursed inscription projects were racing to mint their inscriptions, striving to become the final cursed inscription. This caused a significant price surge across most cursed inscriptions, such as OrdiRocks, OrdiMouse, and Goosinals. Particularly, OrdiMouse and Goosinals—projects behind the last cursed inscriptions minted—saw noticeable increases in their floor prices.
The end of cursed inscriptions may signal a new beginning for the Bitcoin ecosystem. UniSat announced it will follow the Ordinals Jubilee upgrade to ensure BRC-20 continues operating on Ordinals rather than splitting into a separate protocol.
Additionally, community discussions suggest that Binance Web3 Wallet might list an inscription marketplace following the Jubilee upgrade. Leveraging Binance's vast user base, this could elevate the inscription sector to new heights.
While all current claims remain speculative, the Jubilee upgrade brings greater standardization to the inscription market, granting cursed inscriptions unique scarcity. As the community puts it, the end of cursed inscriptions also marks their rebirth.
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