Bitcoin Ordinals and Rare Satoshis

You might have BTC in your wallet previously held by Satoshi 👀

Here’s how to find out which precious sats you have 👇

Ordinals allow you to inscribe some pretty unique things directly on the Bitcoin blockchain 💎

But the sats they are inscribed on might also be unique! Rare, even!

The Ordinals protocol recognizes several different rarity levels, depending on specific factors. They are:

But that’s not the only thing that could make a Sat special.

Maybe you really to own a satoshi that was once held by Hal Finney 🏃‍♂️

Maybe you really love pizza and you want a sat that honors Bitcoin Pizza Day 🍕

Maybe you want to own a sat that was mined on the day you were born 👶

There’s a growing number of “Sat Hunters” out there who are trying to track down these sats and claim them for themselves 🥷

Groups are even going as far as making repeated deposits & withdrawals on exchanges to harvest the rare sats stored there.

The core software for Ordinals, ord, has built-in “Sat Hunting” ability.

The barrier to entry is a bit higher, since you need to also run a full node, but it is the most powerful option. Once it’s been set up, it’s very easy to run a search and see all the results.

🔗 https://docs.ordinals.com/guides/sat-hunting.html

But there’s even easier options!

OrdinalHub’s Sat Scanner allows you to input a wallet address to scan for unique sats directly from a web browser.

Just copy your wallet address, paste it into the tool, and viola! Instant results.

🔗 http://ordinalhub.com/sat-scanner

Sating is another service that allows you to input a wallet address to scan for sats.

Sating.io will also show you interesting sats- sats that might have been held by Satoshi or Laszlo for some 🍕

Sating will also help you isolate these sats and inscribe onto them.

🔗 https://sating.io

If you already have inscriptions, you need to set up a profile at Ord.io

Ord.io takes sat scanning a step further by scanning your wallet and telling you if you’re already holding any Inscriptions on rare sats.

You can then upvote your favs! ⬆️

Not all rare sats are old. In fact, many rare sats haven’t been mined yet!

Many new Rare and Uncommon sats will be produced as new Bitcoin blocks are mined ⛏️

And the next Bitcoin halving, coming up in less than a year, will produce an Epic sat! 🔮

So get out there and start hunting! 🕵️

The sats you’re holding could be worth more than the inscriptions themselves!