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The James Altucher Show

The Next Billion-Dollar Bitcoin Idea: Inscriptions and Ordinals

The James Altucher Show

James Altucher

Education, Business

4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 12 April 2024

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Episode Description:Today's episode features part one of a 3-part detailed discussion on the emerging trends of inscriptions and ordinals in the Bitcoin blockchain, positioning them as exciting new forms of collectibles with real historical significance and potential for value appreciation. James is joined by financial advisors Timothy Collins and Benjamin Republic (Co-Founder & CEO at SatRepublic), who bring their expertise on the subject matter, explaining the technical aspects, comparisons to NFTs on Ethereum, and the intrinsic value of certain Satoshi's due to historical transactions or rarities defined by ordinal theory.The episode covers the potential use cases, like digital art and collectibles with immutable provenance, leveraging the security and permanence of Bitcoin's blockchain, far beyond traditional NFTs stored on more volatile platforms. They delve into how ordinals create a new market for Bitcoin enthusiasts to engage actively with their holdings through creative inscriptions and the anticipation around the Bitcoin halving event that could significantly impact this emerging space. Listeners are guided on how to participate, buy, and potentially create their inscriptions, underscoring the novelty and speculative opportunity ordinals represent in the broader context of cryptocurrency innovations.Ben Honig:https://twitter.com/nftsupplyhttps://twitter.com/SatScribeXYZhttps://twitter.com/SatRepublic Episode Summary:00:00 Diving Into the World of NFTs, Inscriptions, and Ordinals00:37 Introducing the Experts: A Deep Dive into Bitcoin's New Frontier02:21 The Historical Significance of Bitcoin Transactions06:54 Exploring the Rarity and Value of Satoshis21:51 The Fascinating World of Inscriptions on Bitcoin26:54 Exploring Recursive Inscriptions and Digital Ownership27:51 Warren Buffett and the Value of Inscribed Picks28:42 Artistic and Practical Uses of Satoshi Inscriptions29:02 The Evolution of NFTs and Blockchain Certifications30:14 The Future of Digital Collectibles and Community Support36:27 Building a Community and the Importance of Early Support44:17 The Potential of Inscriptions Beyond the Crypto Community52:36 Navigating the Marketplace: Buying, Selling, and Holding Rare Sats ------------What do YOU think of the show? Head to JamesAltucherShow.com/listeners and fill out a short survey that will help us better tailor the podcast to our audience!Are you interested in getting direct answers from James about your question on a podcast? Go to JamesAltucherShow.com/AskAltucher and send in your questions to be answered on the air!------------Visit Notepd.com to read our idea lists & sign up to create your own!My new book, Skip the Line, is out! Make sure you get a copy wherever books are sold!Join the You Should Run for President 2.0 Facebook Group, where we discuss why you should run for President.I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltuchershow.com------------Thank you so much for listening! If you like this episode, please rate, review, and subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" wherever you get your podcasts: Apple PodcastsiHeart RadioSpotifyFollow me on social media:YouTubeTwitterFacebookLinkedIn See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0

This isn't your average business podcast and he's talked about

0:23.6

NFTs and crypto and so on in this podcast before I was talking to Tim Collins and

0:28.4

I never was really that into NFTs but Tim got me super excited about the potential for, and I guess

0:40.0

they'll describe the differences, but something called inscriptions and

0:44.0

ordinals which is like what NFTs are to Ethereum inscriptions and ordinals

0:50.1

seem to be an improved version but on Bitcoin but much more interesting and I'm

0:55.8

going to let Tim and Ben Honegg from Sass Republic describe but how you guys

1:02.0

doing?

1:03.0

Hey James, it's good to be back.

1:05.0

I got super excited there when we were talking.

1:06.0

Oh, I know.

1:07.0

We were driving around Austin in a car.

1:08.0

And by the way, how good was that food?

1:11.0

Oh my God, it was excellent, but I was, I had so many questions about these

1:15.8

inscriptions I barely remember the food. I was gonna say on that whole car ride

1:20.3

over, I don't think I got out half an answer before you were asking the next

1:23.7

question. And you are correct. The ordinal movement on Bitcoin or the discovery of Bitcoin is a big deal.

1:35.0

And when you think about the comparison to

1:37.4

NFTs and everything that NFTs lacked, which a lot of times just, you know, we're talking about PNGs or JPEGs in their house in the cloud as opposed to being actual data.

1:50.0

You know, Bitcoin, it's funny, we always say Bitcoin fixes this but in that case it's

1:56.6

actually true where this becomes something permanent and something that stays

2:00.4

there it's gonna outlive us all.

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