Get the extension What are Bitcoin Ordinals?
Ordinals is a scheme that numbers each satoshi, the smallest unit of bitcoin, so it can be tracked individually. Data inscribed on a satoshi (an image, text, a token) is called an inscription and is often described as a Bitcoin NFT.
Why it matters
To Bitcoin itself, an inscribed satoshi is ordinary money. A wallet that ignores Ordinals can spend it as a fee or send it along with a payment, and the inscription is gone for good.
How Locker Protocol Wallet handles it
Locker Vault keeps Ordinals on a Taproot address separate from your payment funds, so ordinary sends do not spend inscriptions by accident. Ordinals marketplaces such as Satflow and Best in Slot connect through the extension.
Questions
What are Runes?
A Bitcoin standard for fungible tokens, launched in 2024. Unlike Ordinals, which track individual satoshis, Runes balances are recorded in transaction outputs.
Do I need a special wallet for Ordinals?
You need one that knows which outputs carry inscriptions and keeps them apart. A plain Bitcoin wallet may spend them without warning.