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…
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 do the "tips" figures on the cards mean?
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For Ordinals that have a dedicated tip address inscribed on-chain, BSV Search adds up the total amount tipped to that address and the number of tips, and shows it as a simple appreciation signal (for example, "♥ 0.0003 BSV · 3 tips"). These figures…
What is a "Terms of Use" record, and why would I use one?
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When you let people purchase or license your work, they need to know the terms. Rather than retyping your terms on every listing, you create a reusable Terms record — a short entry with a label (e.g. "Music Terms") that points to the on-chain…
How do I create and manage my Terms records?
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You manage your own Terms records from the "My Terms records" page (also linked as a "+ Add new Terms record" option right on the Ordinal submission form). Give the record a label and paste the TXID of the on-chain document that holds your terms —…
Why isn't my Purchase or Licensing offering showing on my listing?
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Two things are needed for a Purchase or Licensing offering to appear: an inscribed payment address for it (see the question about typing your own address), and a Terms record attached to it. Purchase and Licensing are only shown when a Terms record…
Can I set default terms so I don't have to choose them every time?
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Yes. On your account profile you can set a Default Terms record. When you register a new Ordinal, its tip, purchase and licensing terms are pre-filled with your default, so a single document that covers everything needs no extra step. You can always…
How do my buyers know which terms applied when they bought?
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Every listing shows a "View terms" link that opens your current terms document. Because both the payment and the terms live on-chain with dates, the version of your terms that was in effect at the time of a payment is always provable — updating your…
Do Ordinal submissions need to be approved?
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Yes — Ordinals go through the same review process as other submissions on BSV Search (new → Admin to Review → Cleared → Published). You can register your Ordinal, see a preview, and submit it; it becomes publicly visible once it has been reviewed.…
Can I register an Ordinal I didn't create?
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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…
What is an Ordinal?
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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,…