Why am I releasing my new works (“Beacons”) as Ordinals rather than minting them on Tezos, Ethereum, or Base? The answer is both straightforward and convoluted. Let’s start with the straightforward answer: inscribing art on Bitcoin is a platform-independent, fully on-chain, decentralized yet simple process. Anyone with a modicum of tech savvy can publish their artwork (or anything else) on the Bitcoin blockchain, and it will live there permanently (as long as BTC exists), in an easily accessi...

Why am I releasing my new works (“Beacons”) as Ordinals rather than minting them on Tezos, Ethereum, or Base? The answer is both straightforward and convoluted. Let’s start with the straightforward answer: inscribing art on Bitcoin is a platform-independent, fully on-chain, decentralized yet simple process. Anyone with a modicum of tech savvy can publish their artwork (or anything else) on the Bitcoin blockchain, and it will live there permanently (as long as BTC exists), in an easily accessi...