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  BIP: ?
  Layer: Applications
  Title: Ordinal Numbers
  Author: Casey Rodarmor <casey@rodarmor.com>
  Comments-Summary: No comments yet.
  Comments-URI: https://github.com/ordinals/ord/discussions/126
  Status: Draft
  Type: Informational
  Created: 2022-02-02
  License: PD
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== Introduction ==

=== Abstract ===

This document defines a scheme for assigning serial numbers to sats.

=== Copyright ===

This work is placed in the public domain.

=== Motivation ===

Bitcoin has no notion of stable, public accounts or identities. Addresses are
single-use, and wallet accounts are private. Additionally, the use of addresses
or public keys as stable identifiers precludes transfer of ownership or key
rotation.

This proposal is motivated by the desire to provide stable identifiers that may
be used by Bitcoin applications.

== Description ==

=== Design ===

Every sat is serially numbered, starting at 0, in the order in which it is
mined. These numbers are termed "ordinal numbers", or "ordinals", as they are