Interpret the ecological development status of Bitmap, the largest metaverse project in the BTC ecosystem

Bitmap is a set of open-source standard protocols proposed by @blockamoto on June 13, 2023 based on ordinals, with the aim of establishing a consensus on metaverse land on BTC chains.

Bitmap White Paper:

This is a set of standards for BTC define the ownership of each block, and the indexer or platform can visually map the block data into different 3D spaces according to the rules, becoming a piece of land in the metaverse. For example, according to Blockamoto’s proposal, the value data contained in the block is defined as the land surface area, vbytes = land depth, etc. Because each block contains different data (block number, transaction amount, transaction quantity), it will eventually be born into land with different attributes.

Image courtesy of MagicEden

Note: BTC BytoChain itself does not actually have the concept of allowing someone to have the ownership of this block, Bitmap defines block ownership for Bitmap holders in its own ecosystem, which is also the core of Bitmap. On the basis of this immutable core, indexers or Bitmap-based projects can have their own rules for interpreting block data, mapping different metaverse scenarios, and developing different functions for Bitmap holders.

For example, in addition to the above-mentioned commonly used 2D plane rendering, the bitmap community also commonly uses 3D stereoscopic renderings to view the height, area and other attributes of the land.

Some developers have even built real-world applications that can be interacted with. More cases will be described in detail in the following application scenarios.

BradOleksy, a member of the Bitmap community, tried to use Unreal Engine to render bitmap into a three-dimensional world.

Therefore, the block number of bitmap is essentially similar to DID, and you can log in to the metaverse of multiple different project parties at the same time after holding the bitmap of block registration. At the beginning of November, the number of Bitmap’s Holder addresses has reached 25,000, surpassing Sandbox to become the metaverse project with the largest number of holders.

The total amount as well as the initial distribution process

In the genesis stage, the total amount of Bitmap Mint is BTC block height. At the time of the release of the Bitmap standard, there were already more than 700,000 historical blocks, and users could freely choose to engrave historical blocks as long as they paid the miner fee. Within 2 months of the founder’s release, more than 700,000 historical blocks were registered.

The total amount of bitmaps is pegged to BTC current block, and BTC produces a block in about 10 minutes. So the total amount is theoretically infinite. BTC each time a new block is generated, there will be an additional registrable bitmap (according to the rules, only the inscription registration initiated after the block has been mined is valid), and the first-come, first-served principle allows anyone to inscribe the plain text ordinals inscription of the block number .bitmap to preemptively claim ownership of the block. So 144 new blocks are mined and available for registration every day. At present, mainstream NFT exchanges will also update the total amount of BITMAP in real time.

Interpret the ecological development status of Bitmap, the largest metaverse project in the BTC ecosystem

Unclaimed Block Statistics:

However, it should be noted that with the popularity of Bitmap, more and more users are mining new Bitmap, and how to ensure the success of cybersquatting has become a threshold work, and many mining pools have also participated in the mining of Bitmap’s land.

How Bitmap is priced in the secondary market

According to the current block height, the total amount of Bitmap circulating is about 820,000, so which attributes of bitmap are more enthusiastic about in the secondary market.

At present, the two major NFT platforms of Ordinals have launched bitmap transactions

Among them, the more popular ones are mainly the following categories

1. Number classification

The higher the number, e.g. the first 1000, 1.bitmap-1000.bitmap

Easy to remember, e.g. 11111.bitmap, 888.bitmap

Refer to ENS domain name for 999club or sub10k club

Palindrome - The block will read the same forward and backward. (e.g. 123321.bitmap or 1221.bitmap)

2. Punk for bitmap

Some block data visualizations generate land that looks much like cryptopunk in shape, for example

Interpret the ecological development status of Bitmap, the largest metaverse project in the BTC ecosystem

And this can be subdivided into different punks, which can be seen in NFT exchanges, and these special Bitmap holders usually also set up their own clubs.

Interpret the ecological development status of Bitmap, the largest metaverse project in the BTC ecosystem

3. Blocks of important transactions

Some blocks contain important historical events, such as the block mined by Satoshi Nakamoto, the pizza trading block or the block of the Mentougou incident

Interpret the ecological development status of Bitmap, the largest metaverse project in the BTC ecosystem

Application scenarios of Bitmap and the status quo of ecological projects

In addition to secondary speculation, whether a project is sustainable or not is more important than the scale of ecological development. In the same way, the value of each bitmap needs to be based on market demand in the long run. After several months of development, the infrastructure of the Bitmap ecosystem has been gradually improved, and there are currently hundreds of exploratory projects in the Bitmap ecosystem. It has begun to take shape.

On this website, you can see a list of projects spontaneously collected by the community:

Infrastructure

Visual Rendering:

Interpret the ecological development status of Bitmap, the largest metaverse project in the BTC ecosystem

bitlords.land

Data Panel:

Bitmap Explorer：

Bitmap.game

bitmap.game This is a bitmap explorer developed by the Recursiverse team.

Interpret the ecological development status of Bitmap, the largest metaverse project in the BTC ecosystem

Here, Bitmap holders can get a space of their own. And you can go to brc420.io to buy the corresponding assets to decorate your own space.

Interpret the ecological development status of Bitmap, the largest metaverse project in the BTC ecosystem

In the room, you can voice chat with friends, and there is a trading function, which allows users to sell their NFTs on their own land.

BRC-420: Bitmap-based Asset Protocol

Recursiverse is currently one of the best development teams in the bitmap ecosystem, and the team is trying to build a BTC scaling solution based on Bitmap**. **And its proposed BRC420 asset protocol standard has been adopted by many teams in the Bitmap ecosystem.

BRC-420 White Paper:

The BRC-420 protocol is to recursively combine multiple inscriptions into a single complex inscription. From a single character or pet, to an entire game script, virtual machine, or even a large AI model, it can be combined into an on-chain asset for developers to purchase or pay royalties. At present, more than 100 teams have released assets in BRC420, including game images, game DLC, HTMl scripts, music, videos, etc. Currently, more than 95% of RCSV’s Bitmap browser is trafficked, but any team can develop a client to run BRC-420’s assets.

BRC-420 Marketplace：

Other Attempts to Explore Bitmap

At present, most of Bitmap’s projects are still in the exploration and development stage. In this article, we will also cite a few interesting examples.

Note: This article is for statistical purposes only, some projects may involve asset trading, and this article does not have any investment advice.

Inscribed.space

Pixel 3D universe

Interpret the ecological development status of Bitmap, the largest metaverse project in the BTC ecosystem

BitWorld

A game similar to Minecraft’s art style

Interpret the ecological development status of Bitmap, the largest metaverse project in the BTC ecosystem

xspectar

Interpret the ecological development status of Bitmap, the largest metaverse project in the BTC ecosystem

BradOleksy, a member of the community, experiments with the Bitmap world rendered by Unreal Engine

Interpret the ecological development status of Bitmap, the largest metaverse project in the BTC ecosystem

In addition to the planar universe, community members came up with the concept of a spherical universe.

Interpret the ecological development status of Bitmap, the largest metaverse project in the BTC ecosystem

@rgen_art 3D mapping experiments done by users

Interpret the ecological development status of Bitmap, the largest metaverse project in the BTC ecosystem