By Philip Maina
1 month agoTue Jan 23 2024 12:06:30
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- A confidential entity has actually airdropped Ordinals engravings to Bitcoin Ordinals users
- The airdrop is presumed to be a precursor to an approaching video game
- The airdrop has actually nevertheless gotten criticism with some stating it’s a fraud
Hardly a week after a puzzling message was engraved on the Bitcoin blockchain, a confidential entity, thought to be a video game designer, has actually airdropped 21,000 Ordinals engravings to Bitcoin users. In among the engravings, the entity stated that the airdrop marks the start of “a technological arms race.” Some in the neighborhood believe that the totally free Bitcoin NFTs are a method of collecting attention around an approaching video game, something that’s undesirable on the Bitcoin blockchain, while others believe it’s a fraud due to it sharing a name with a yet-to-be-launched Bitcoin-based job.
Protect a Bag of Runes
According to the confidential entity, the airdropped engravings include “innovative RSICs […] developed for the sole function of protecting a bag of runes,” in anticipation of the upcoming Bitcoin-powered runes job.
The entity calls itself Runecoin however has no links to the Rune job by Ordinals developer Casey Rodarmor. The entity revealed that those that get the totally free engravings can pick to either offer them, my own rune or let them sit idle in their wallets.
According to Runecoin, just 21,000 RSICs were produced due to the fact that the factory inexplicably took off.
The engravings have actually brought in a large trading volume of around $1 million although not everyone is thrilled. Some have actually questioned its adverts on X (previously Twitter) and other social platforms while others are hesitant whether it’ll attain its claims.
Misleading Advertising?
NFT collector Leonidas, for instance, kept in mind that the job’s ads were misleading given that they impersonate the genuine Rune procedure which is yet to be released. Runecoin’s X page likewise utilizes comparable phrasings as those utilized by Rodarmor.
With RSICs sneakly declaring connection with the Rune procedure, it’s to be seen whether it’ll satisfy its pledges or its out to defraud unwary Ordinals collectors.
