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
Powered by GitBook
On this page
  1. 4. How Do Bitcoin Runes Work?

Minting

The process of acquiring a new Rune is called minting, similar to how you mint an NFT.

PreviousTermsNextTransfering

Last updated 10 months ago