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 Casey Rodarmor, the creator of Bitcoin Ordinals, clarified that the inscription numbers would only be changed, but not scrapped entirely. 
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 Bitcoin Ordinals's creator and chief coder Casey Rodarmor has recently proposed changing the protocol's numbering system, with the aim of simplifying the project's codebase. 
 Since the beginning of the Ordinals protocol, each nonfungible token (NFT) created using Ordinals was assigned an inscription number that was unique. They functioned similarly to serial numbers and have been an integral part of the digital art minted in the protocol. 
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 I guess the cat is out of the bag! In short, I think that the effort to keep inscription numbers stable hasn't been worth it, and has led to ugly code and stalled development, since new changes need to be extremely and often awkardly careful not to change the numbers of old… https://t.co/SsEqjdtZFB— Casey (@rodarmor) September 19, 2023 
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 However, Rodarmor believes that keeping the inscription numbers stable has led to “ugly code and stalled development.” Because of this, the protocol’s chief coder proposed to make inscription numbers “permanently unstable,” which means that the numbering system that assigns unique numbers to inscriptions created in the Bitcoin network will be deprioritized.&nbsp; 
 According to Rodarmor, the move will simplify the protocol's codebase and make it easier to make protocol <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="change" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/change.html">change</a>s easier in the future. The coder also clarified that <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="inscription" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/inscription.html">inscription</a> <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="number" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/number.html">number</a>s would <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="change" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/change.html">change</a>, but not be entirely scrapped. Rodarmor highlighted that new <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="inscription" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/inscription.html">inscription</a> <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="number" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/number.html">number</a>s would be close to the old ones but might differ by 1%. 
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 While many supported the move, others pointed out how users paid substantial amounts to get specific <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="number" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/number.html">number</a>s and would be affected by the reorganization of <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="number" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/number.html">number</a>s. Despite this, a community member noted that those who care about the <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="number" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/number.html">number</a>ing of the <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="inscription" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/inscription.html">inscription</a>s can still sort the collectibles by their timestamps.&nbsp; 
 Related: Ordinals still make up majority of Bitcoin txs despite price collapse 
 Bitcoin Ordinals are artifacts that allow inscribing into a Satoshi, which is the smallest division of a Bitcoin (BTC). The protocol launched in January 2023 and saw thousands of inscriptions minted on the BTC network. Since its inception, Ordinals has been constantly generating activity on Bitcoin. On Aug. 21, the NFT-like protocol accounted for 84.9% of all the activity in the Bitcoin network. 
 Magazine: Ordinals turned Bitcoin into a worse version of Ethereum: Can we fix it? 
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Bitcoin Ordinals creator proposes to change inscription numbering system

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