Someone uploaded a fart to Bitcoin Ordinal network and apparently sold it for $280k

A new ordinal created on the Bitcoin blockchain network, Inscription 2042consists of a one-second audio clip that captures the sound of a wet fart.

What is a Bitcoin Ordinal?

Launched in January by software engineer Casey Rodarmor, Ordinals is essentially a protocol that allows data to be stored on Bitcoin’s blockchain network. Consider NFTs.

They’re so new that you can’t even buy them on marketplaces like OpenSea. Storage and transactions require a special Bitcoin Ordinal Wallet, but this hasn’t stopped people from uploading weird and spooky files to the Bitcoin network.

so far, 100,000 inscriptions Through the ordinal network, Everything from encrypted files to digital art.

Inscription 2042

On February 2nd, the inscription 2042 was uploaded onto the Bitcoin blockchain. Here’s a one-second audio file of him capturing the sound of someone passing through gas.

According to one reddit A user posted on r/CryptoCurrency, Inscription 2042 sold for 12.3 Bitcoins (worth $280,000).

It is impossible to confirm whether the fart was actually sold. Because there is no centralized (or even decentralized) market for Bitcoin Ordinals. Most are sold through his OTC in random dissonant channels, usually among his Bitcoin node operators themselves.

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Dorian Batycka is a journalist with an interest in art and technology. He has contributed to CoinDesk, Decrypt, Artforum, Artnet News, Art Newspaper and more. He can be found on his Twitter and his Instagram at @temp_projects, where he often memes current financial and art news, scandals and events.