Please only register content you created or have a legal right to use, and the same copyright care described in the "BSV-Tipped Content" section applies here. Remember that payment addresses come only from what is inscribed on-chain, so funds always…
Ordinals
Ordinals let you register your own on-chain creations — images, music, video, interactive pages and more — into a browsable directory where others can view them, tip you, or buy and license them in BSV. This section explains how it works.
What is an Ordinal?
FAQ
An Ordinal (a "1Sat Ordinal") is a piece of content — an image, an audio file, a video, a web page, text, or another file — that has been permanently inscribed onto the BSV blockchain. Because it lives on-chain, it can never be altered or deleted,…
Can I edit or remove my Ordinal listing later?
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Yes. You can edit your Ordinal's title, categories, tags and attached Terms records at any time from your listing, and you can unpublish or delete it. The on-chain content itself is permanent and stays on the blockchain regardless — editing the…
What is the Ordinals directory on BSV Search?
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It is a place where you can register your own Ordinals so other people can discover them, enjoy them, and support you. Each registered Ordinal gets its own page that shows the content itself, its on-chain details (creator, size, collection), and any…
How do I register my own Ordinal?
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You register an Ordinal by its transaction ID (TXID) — the on-chain address of the inscription. Start a new Ordinal submission, paste in the TXID, and BSV Search automatically fetches the content, detects what type of media it is, and shows you a…
What is a TXID and where do I find it?
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A TXID (transaction ID) is the 64-character code that identifies the transaction in which your content was inscribed on-chain. It can optionally be followed by an output index, for example _0. You will find it in the wallet or service you used to…
What types of media can I register?
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Images, audio, video, interactive (HTML) pages, plain text, and other file types are all supported. You do not need to tell us the type — BSV Search detects it automatically from the inscription and renders it the right way (an image is shown as a…
Do you store my Ordinal's file? Where does the content come from?
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BSV Search fetches the content from the chain on demand whenever someone views it. We 'cache' the files on our servers to help reduce the load on BSV Indexers, so they do not have to serve the files every request.
How do tips, purchases and licensing work?
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These are display-only — BSV Search shows the relevant BSV address (with a QR code) so a supporter can pay you directly, peer-to-peer. For Ordinals there is no middleman, no escrow and no fee taken by BSV Search. Amounts and prices are shown in BSV only. "Tips" are a…
Why can't I type in my own tip, buy or licensing address?
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To protect creators. Because anyone could register someone else's Ordinal by its public TXID, allowing free-typed payment addresses would let a stranger redirect your tips and sales to themselves. So BSV Search only ever uses payment addresses that…