BRC-20 Explained: How Tokens on Bitcoin Work and Why They Are Controversial

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BRC-20 is modeled and named after the Ethereum protocol called ERC-20 but there are major differences between them, most notably the lack of smart contracts. Here's what you need to know:

BRC-20 tokens employ JSON ordinals inscriptions to initiate token contracts , create new tokens and move tokens around.

It’s also important to note some other differences from ERC-20. Unlike ERC-20, BRC-20 is not an approved standard but still in the proposal phase, and unlike ERC-20 tokens, BRC-20 tokens are not easily traded on exchanges at this time.Compared to simple peer-to-peer transactions, creating and transferring BRC-20 tokens is complex and requires more space on the blockchain.

Binance’s two withdrawal pauses amidst that peak were a result of a mismatch between the transaction fees the exchange usually pays out to facilitate transactions and the transaction fee required to get picked up by the blockchain.go to the nodes on the blockchain, usually miners, to facilitate the transaction. This is a supply-and-demand issue; as nodes are a fixed resource and demand for their time is fluctuating, fees will rise alongside demand.

This means they are more immutable than other NFTs, which enhances the integrity of the asset, but on the other hand it means that they are large. Very large.that ordinals represent an “attack” on Bitcoin because of this congestion from the large file sizes.

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