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

With the ongoing popularity of Bitcoin inscriptions, manually participating in new inscription projects has become a red ocean. However, historical experience shows that, like the early meme zoo market, most projects may just be fleeting, with only a few leading projects able to survive.

In this context, in addition to the dazzling new inscription projects, those that provide infrastructure for the entire ecosystem may become long-term opportunities and become a necessity as the Bitcoin ecosystem continues to develop. This article will review the infrastructure projects of the Bitcoin ecosystem and provide a glimpse into the emerging landscape of inscription infrastructure.

Overview of Bitcoin Ecological Inscription Infrastructure

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. OKX Web3 Wallet: First to support BRC20 inscriptions and BTC NFT trading and staking, launching 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 that supports Ordinals and BRC-20 tokens, as well as the Bitcoin smart contract platform Stacks. It will support the Bitcoin Lightning Network in the future.

4. Ordinals Wallet: A non-custodial BTC wallet that allows users to view and store BTC and Ordinals NFTs, supporting various operations related to Ordinals.

5. Hiro Wallet: A wallet developed on Stacks that supports storing and viewing 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 of Ordinals, providing a space to build, donate, and influence Bitcoin Ordinal & BRC-20.

2. Luminex: Bitcoin Ordinals Launchpad platform, dedicated to bringing Bitcoin ordinals and BRC20 projects into the Bitcoin ecosystem.

3. Bounce Brand: A decentralized auction protocol that has recently gained attention due to auctioning Bitcoin-related conceptual projects. It launched BounceBit to design DeFi solutions for the Bitcoin ecosystem.

cross-chain

1. MultiBit: A cross-chain protocol between BRC20 and ERC20, aimed at enabling cross-chain transfers between BRC20 and ERC20 tokens.

2. Analysoor: A cross-chain protocol for inscriptions on Solana that addresses 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. OKX Ordinals Market: The largest BRC20 inscription and BTC NFT trading market, fully decentralized, with zero platform service fees for interactions.

2. Unisat Marketplace: A Bitcoin blockchain marketplace based on PSBT that supports BRC-20 asset Inscriptions.

3. Ordinals Market: Bitcoin inscription trading market, supporting various wallets and cross-chain transactions.

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

5. Magic Eden Bitcoin: A Bitcoin ecological NFT market that supports listing, purchasing, and selling Ordinals.

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

minting tools

1. Looksordinal: A self-custodial BRC20 token minting assistant tool.

2. iDclub: A BRC20 token minting platform that supports inscribing Ordinals NFTs and inscriptions on the Bitcoin chain.

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

4. MCT: Multi-chain inscription engraving protocol, covering real-time monitoring of inscription projects on multiple public chains.

5. BIIS: A "BRC Ecosystem Toolbox" for developers and users, providing a comprehensive set of integrated tools.

Data & Query

1. mempool: The memory pool of the Bitcoin community and blockchain explorer.

2. ordiscan: Ordinals browser, allowing queries for inscriptions and ordinals on Bitcoin.

3. BRC-20.io: Bitcoin inscription token data platform, providing real-time price tracking.

4. OrdSpace: A data insight and analysis platform for Ordinals.

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

6. Best in Slot: Ordinals Aggregator & Browser.

7. GeniiData: Ordinals ecosystem data analysis platform.

8. Whatscription: Multi-chain inscription monitoring protocol.

9. OrdinalHub: One-stop Bitcoin NFT data platform.

Conclusion

The Ordinals wave has brought a large influx of funds, users, and developers to the Bitcoin ecosystem. Regardless of when the inscription craze returns to calm, the Bitcoin ecosystem has already accumulated enough resources and attention to lay the foundation for future development. The Bitcoin ecosystem and inscription infrastructure projects have long-term value and are worth continuous attention. As the ecosystem continues to improve, we can expect more innovative projects to emerge, bringing more practicality and value to the Bitcoin network.