Runes Handbook
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Origins
    • Segregated Witness (SegWit) Upgrade
    • Taproot Upgrade
    • Inscriptions
    • Ordinal Theory (Ordinals)
      • Rarity
      • Supply of Rare Satoshis
      • Names
    • BRC-20
    • Why Runes?
  • 3. Runes
    • Bitcoin’s UTXO Model
    • The Runes Protocol
    • OP_Return
    • Motivation for Runes
    • Bitcoin Runes vs BRC-20
    • Launch
      • The First Runes
    • What are Bitcoin Runes For?
      • Memecoins
      • DeFi
  • 4. How Do Bitcoin Runes Work?
    • Etching (Creating a Rune)
      • Name
      • Symbol
      • Divisibility
      • Premine
      • Terms
    • Minting
    • Transfering
    • Runestone
    • Rune Seasons
    • Ecosystem
      • Launchpads
      • Marketplaces
      • Wallets
      • Data / Analysis
      • Explorers
    • Storing Bitcoin Runes
  • 5. Terminology
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  1. 4. How Do Bitcoin Runes Work?

Etching (Creating a Rune)

Much like the process of creating a Bitcoin ordinal is called inscribing, the process of creating a Bitcoin rune is called “etching.” This involves creating a “genesis” UTXO, which includes the details of the rune’s name, symbol, decimals, and total supply.

This information is assigned to a single UTXO. Sending out transactions creates fractionalized, fungible pieces of the original UTXO, and those new pieces are called Runes.

Etching creates new runes with immutable properties set by the etcher:

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