Ordinals Developers Launch Recursive Inscriptions

The Ordinals protocol based on the Bitcoin blockchain has introduced “recursive labels” to solve the problem of the 4 MB block space limitation of digital artifacts.

As opposed to the previously autonomous tokens and NFTs, this new feature allows the labels to link to one another.

Leonidas.og, founder of the Ord.io marketplace and writer of The Ordinal Show newsletter, explained that this change opens up a variety of powerful potential use cases.

For instance, it is no longer necessary to write out multiple JPEG files to the blockchain in order to create a digital image collection; now a small amount of code can be used to point to the set’s signs.

Leonidas.og went on to emphasize that, with art being stored more efficiently, millions of dollars could potentially be saved on fees – as seen with Bitcoin Apes.

Labels are not limited to images, though – they are also capable of encompassing executable code packages, which can be implemented on video game protocols and 3D objects. To demonstrate this, OnChainMonkey was successful in placing a 1 KB artifact on the blockchain.