Bitcoin Ordinals creator Casey Rodarmor pitches BRC-20 alternative ‘Runes’

Bitcoin Ordinals creator Casey Rodarmor pitches BRC-20 alternative ‘Runes’

The inventor of Bitcoin Ordinals has proposed a new fungible token protocol called Runes as an alternative to the BRC-20 token standard. The BRC-20 standard has gained popularity but has been criticized for spamming Bitcoin with unnecessary transactions. Runes is a UTXO-based protocol that aims to minimize the creation of “junk” transactions and promote responsible … Read more