Tag: BRC20
BRC-20 Creator Domo Addresses Thorny Governance Issues With New ‘Lead Maintainer’ Appointments
Domo, the pseudonymous creator of the Bitcoin network's BRC-20 token standard, announced on Monday that his non-profit organization, Layer 1 Foundatio [...]
Bitcoin (BTC) Ordinals Wallet Oyl’s Raises $3M With Arthur Hayes, BRC-20 Creator Domo Among Investors
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BRC-20 Marketplace, Creator Take Opposing Positions on Proposed Network Upgrade
BRC-20 marketplace UniSat said it would follow a proposed fork in the network's token standard, which was met with opposition from Domo, the pseudonym [...]
BRC-20 tokens are presenting new opportunities for Bitcoin
While the ossification of Bitcoin’s codebase has brought stability and reliability, it’s made Bitcoin a little… well, boring. Where once the Bitcoin e [...]
Developers of Bitcoin sidechain MVC prepare for BRC-20 DEX launch
Developers of Bitcoin side-chain MicroVisionChain (MVC) have unveiled a BRC-20 decentralized exchange (DEX) as part of its roadmap for Q1 2024.In an i [...]
Bitcoin Ordinals creator Casey Rodarmor pitches BRC-20 alternative ‘Runes’
The inventor of Bitcoin Ordinals is proposing a new Bitcoin-based fungible token protocol as a potential alternative to the BRC-20 token standard. The [...]
ERC-20 inventor discusses origins, new blockchains, BRC-20 and more
In 2018, Ethereum lead developer Fabian Vogelsteller contacted the community for a new standard for smart contracts he created alongside co-founder Vi [...]
Wallet providers introduce BRC-20 token support despite market drawdown
On June 21, self-custody wallet provider BitKeep announced support for BRC-20 tokens issued on the Bitcoin network. With the feature, users can view, [...]
Lightning Labs launches rebranded ‘Taro’ amid Bitcoin’s BRC-20 bottleneck
Bitcoin (BTC) users have been given a possibly more efficient way to mint new assets on the blockchain aft an updated edition of the recently-rebrande [...]
Are ZK-proofs the answer to Bitcoin’s Ordinal and BRC-20 problem?
The Bitcoin (BTC) network has faced a litmus test in recent weeks due to the increased demands of Ordinals and BRC-20 tokens being inscribed onto the [...]
Ordinals and BRC-20 will disappear in a matter of months, JAN3 CEO says
The latest hype around Bitcoin (BTC) Ordinals and BRC-20 tokens is unsustainable and will fade away in a matter of months, according to JAN3 CEO Samso [...]
Bitcoin Community Divided Over BRC-20 Meme-Coin Fever Causing Congestion
Still, the core problem here is not that Bitcoin is being used to represent frog images per se, but that its value as an efficient, intermediary-free [...]
Bitcoin ‘under siege’ by BRC-20 coins with soaring fees, claims analyst
Increased fees and a backlog of transactions are besieging the Bitcoin (BTC) network and it’s due to a popular new “token” standard according to a Cry [...]
Litecoin LTC Transactions Hit All-Time High as Bitcoin BTC Fees Surge Amic BRC-20 Memecoin Frenzy
On May 8, Litecoin executed more than 525,000 transactions in a day, coming close to Bitcoin’s 575,000 daily transactions, according to blockchain dat [...]
BRC-20 tokens surpass $1B market cap as wallet providers prepare integration
On May 9, the total market capitalization of BRC-20 Bitcoin tokens surpassed $1 billion, with a total trading volume of $207.7 million in the past 24 [...]