Cursed Inscription Lore

We have two Cursed Inscriptions in the Bitcoin Nouns collection, however these glitches are a unique component of the project's lore.

Bitcoin Noun Cursed Inscriptions?

Have you noticed anything a bit strange about our inscription range? That negative number (-5100) indicates a cursed inscription.

The Bitcoin Nouns story takes an unexpected turn with two "Cursed Inscriptions." These inscriptions are remnants of bugs in the Ordinals protocol and are considered technically invalid. However, the Bitcoin Nouns community has embraced the absurdity, recognizing these glitches as a unique part of the project's lore.

Bitcoin Nouns two Cursed Inscriptions: Bitcoin Noun 40 and Bitcoin Noun 169.

Cursed inscriptions are inscriptions not indexed by the ordinals protocol, resulting from bugs and thus considered invalid. However, since the properties of cursed inscriptions are not significantly different from regular inscriptions, Casey introduced negative inscriptions to categorize cursed inscriptions while maintaining the stability of the existing inscription numbering system.

We have two Cursed Inscriptions in the Bitcoin Nouns collection:

Bitcoin Noun 40

Inscription -5100 Block height 791,210

Bitcoin Noun 169

Inscription -4883 Block height 791,203

What's to become of these two Cursed Inscriptions?

True to our first-is-first ethos, and as determined via community consensus, these inscriptions will remain part of the collection. These inscriptions are "unbound," so they don't have an owner and cannot be transferred or sold.

Despite this fact, they are a testament to the unpredictable journey of blockchain history. and remain an integral part of Bitcoin Nouns' lore, forever etched into the annals of digital heritage.

Cursed inscriptions can be viewed on the official Ordinals website by searching for the ID of the cursed inscription. If it’s a valid cursed inscription, the search will yield a result showing that it has been assigned a negative ordinal number.