Use Cases

An Ordinals-oriented instance

The emergence of Ordinals in 2023 has generated substantial use cases but has also sparked ongoing controversy. Many argue that Ordinals and their associated transactions deviate from typical Bitcoin usage. Some developers perceive Ordinals as a misuse and abuse that should be entirely eradicated from the Bitcoin network.

An alternative contingency option could be establishing an Ordinals-oriented instance that is highly optimized for Ordinals and ensures 100% compatibility with Ordinals on Bitcoin.

Recognizing that the value of Ordinals is closely tied not only to the stored data but also directly related to the unique satoshis (and their numbering), a mechanism is proposed to lock and map specific satoshis on the main chain to the instance. This allows the circulation of Ordinals there and, when needed, unlocking and returning the specific satoshis along with their corresponding inscriptions. This mechanism achieves value anchoring on the host chain and on-chain circulation on the guest chain.

Specific optimizations for Ordinals can be made by streamlining the handling of individual satoshis. Currently, Bitcoin operations for single satoshis often involve working with UTXOs in units of hundreds of satoshis, causing unnecessary waste and inconvenience. It’s possible to treat each individual satoshi like a penny to improve efficiency in managing Ordinals assets.

In extreme scenarios where Ordinals on the host chain encounter existential issues, all activities related to Ordinals are well maintained on the existing Ordinals-oriented instance. By preserving comprehensive data at specific key points on the host chain, such as when Ordinals transactions were initially considered deprecated at a certain block height, a complete snapshot of the host chain can be generated. As a result, operations can be virtually resumed at the opportune moment.

From autonomous games to unlimited virtual worlds

The concept of using Bitcoin as the infrastructure for a large-scale persistent virtual world has been around for quite some time. However, due to the restricted on-chain computational capacity and block space of Bitcoin, use cases have progressively transitioned to emerging blockchains such as Ethereum and Solana. By employing BCSP to create a hierarchical instance group, we can efficiently facilitate on-chain events like micro-payment transactions within a virtual world.

When a new virtual space is created in this world, we can allocate available instances to serve as transaction containers. Once the entrance to that virtual space is closed, we can reclaim the instance and prepare it for future reuse. This approach enables us to dynamically adjust the utilization of BCSP instances. This adaptability is crucial for meeting the ongoing and ever-changing demands within a vast virtual world.

The BCSP instances optimized for Ordinals/brc-20 mentioned above can be used to facilitate asset exchanges and manage NFT resources. In the case of autonomous worlds, the key operations, game items and player achievements can be instantiated into inscriptions which are naturally composable. We can also utilize inscriptions to hold contracts, ensuring the preservation of the execution order. This enables partial or complete verification through indexing whenever required.

Whether used to support autonomous games, or extensive virtual worlds, the unlimited on-chain storage, computational power, and load adjustment capabilities can be fully utilized as foundational infrastructure. Fractal Bitcoin provides a resilient system that allows us to build a virtual world on a chain in a virtualized manner.