Introduction

ARC20 is a new protocol created based on Bitcoin, which is expected to break the existing narrative of the inscription ecosystem and bring more application value to the Bitcoin blockchain. The concept of inscription was proposed on December 14, 2022. The Ordinals protocol is a system that assigns numbers to the smallest unit of Bitcoin, called Satoshis. One Bitcoin can be divided into 100 million Satoshis. The Ordinals protocol writes metadata on transactions, and this process is called “Inscribing.” The metadata written on transactions is referred to as “inscriptions.”

Bitcoin inscriptions are created by writing JSON text into the witness field of transactions based on the Ordinals protocol, ensuring that assets issued according to standards can be permanently recorded on the blockchain. BRC-20 is an experimental standard that demonstrates the possibility of creating interchangeable tokens on layer 1 (Bitcoin) by utilizing ordinal theory and inscriptions. The introduction of inscriptions has attracted great attention in the market. The wealth effect has spilled over into the Atomicals ecosystem, and the ARC-20 inscriptions are created.

Both the BRC-20 and ARC-20 protocols are based on the Bitcoin chain. The Atomicals Protocol is a simple and flexible protocol that can be used to deploy, mint, and transfer digital objects on a UTXO-based blockchain similar to Bitcoin. Atomical integrates the creation, transmission, and updating of digital objects and is essentially a digital ownership chain defined by a set of simple rules. ARC-20 adopts a colored coin model, which means that each ARC-20 token must have the support of a satoshi, as opposed to BRC-20, which distinguishes tokens based on sorting. Because ARC-20 tokens are fully based on Satoshis, they can be split and merged like Bitcoin’s UTXOs and can be directly transferred through the Bitcoin network. The philosophy of Atomicals is that without transaction history, it is not your digital object, emphasizing the transparency of digital assets and the clarity of ownership.

The following section mainly introduces websites for the deployment, inscribing, and trading of ARC-20, for your reference.

Atomical Market

ARC-20’s blockchain explorer, asset manager, and trading market. Check out the official website here: https://atomicalmarket.com

Click on the “Connect Wallet” link to choose a wallet. Wallet options include Atomicals, Wizz, or Unisat.

Click on Marketplace to view the prices, trading volume, market capitalization, total supply, and number of holders of ARC20 inscriptions. Click on the name of an inscription to directly go to the inscription trading page. For example, the first ecosystem token of Atomicals, $Atom, has a total supply of 21,000 tokens, with 1,000 coins per token. The floor price is 22,599 sats, and the total trading volume exceeds 960 BTC. Currently, most of Atomicals’ liquidity and trading volume are still concentrated in ATOM.

Go to Realm and you can directly click to purchase the ARC20 Realm (Realm: one of the three major assets of the Atomicals Protocol), which is currently available for sale. You can also check the selling status of Realm.

Click on Collection to view information such as the prices, trading volume, and number of holders of ARC20 inscriptions and NFTs. You can also directly enter the inscription ID in the search bar for a specific query. TOOTHY has a total supply of 10,000, with the highest recorded price of 2000U. The little crocodile is also jokingly referred to as a financial giant. As of January 22, 2024, the total trading volume of crocodiles on the Atomical Market has exceeded 70 BTC, with a floor price of 0.01469 BTC.

Click on Token to view the minting status of ARC20 inscriptions. Clicking on the Inscription Name will take you to the minting page for inscription inscribing or trading.

Click on Explore to search for the corresponding information of the inscription by its ID.

On the Balance page, enter the wallet address of the ARC20 inscription to query the quantity and status of the inscription holdings.

Wizz Wallet（Formally Atomicals Wallet）

The Atom Wallet has officially upgraded to the Wizz Wallet. The website mentioned above can be clicked to navigate to the Wizz Wallet or to install the Wizz Extension, download Wizz App, and more. Check out the official website here: http://atomicalswallet.com

Wizz Wallet supports transferring BTC and UTXO, and supports legacy, segwit, and taproot address types. It also supports creating or importing wallets with mnemonic phrases. The accompanying website allows for bulk transfers of NFT and Realm, as well as viewing ARC20 accounts, ARC20 transactions, Realm, NFT, and BTC transfer data. It is easy to send ARC-20 in wallet extension programs and applications. Check out the official website here: http://wizz.cash

Click on Connect to connect the wallet. The main functions of the wallet are concentrated on the left side. The Dashboard allows you to view ARC20 assets and send BTC, ARC20, and NFT. In Tools section, users can find tools to accomplish other tasks.

Mining allows for the minting of ARC20 and NFTs. Accelerator enables the acceleration of Bitcoin and Atomical protocol transactions, saving 80-99% of gas compared to Binance and mempool.space.

You can view the ARC20 being minted in Explore, or search by name in Realm and view ARC20 Punks, and more.

Satsx

SatsX is a platform that supports the minting, trading, and querying of assets based on the Ordinals protocol, PIPE protocol, and ARC20 protocol. Check out the official website here: https://www.satsx.io/

Click Connect to connect your wallet. You can use Unisat, Xverse, or Wizz wallets. On the Indexer homepage, enter your BTC wallet address to search for inscriptions of Ordinals protocol, PIPE protocol, or Atomicals that you hold.

Click on Tokens to view the ARC20 Inscription minting status: deployment time, total supply, number of holders, and minting progress. Click on the Token name to enter the Inscribe page for minting or trading.

In the Inscribe page, you can select the protocol you want to inscribe, including DMint, FT, Realm, or NFT.

In Marketplace, you can easily trade various protocols’ FT, Realm, or other formats of digital asset collectibles.

Atomicals Protocol Dashboard (Dune)

Data dashboard for the ARC20 protocol was established by @0xMatsu. It allows you to view address distribution of $ATOM holdings, and more. Check out the official website here: https://dune.com/0xmatsu0x/atomicals-arc-20-atom-analystic

AtomicalsTwitter

The official Twitter (X) for Atomicals Protocol is the fastest place to get Atomicals protocol updates. Check out the official Twitter (X) here: https://twitter.com/atomicalsxyz

Atomicals Github

The simplest, most flexible way to create and organize digital objects is through “Digital Matter.” Check out the official website here: https://github.com/atomicals

Conclusion

This article introduces several websites for deployment, inscribing, trading, and querying related to the ARC20 protocol. Atomicals Market is a blockchain explorer, asset manager, and trading platform for ARC-20, allowing you to quickly enter the ARC20 world. Wizz Wallet enables convenient BTC transfers, and transfers of ARC20 inscriptions. The Dune dashboard helps you understand the status of the ARC20 protocol. You can also follow the latest developments of ARC20 on Twitter (X). Finally, if you are a professional developer or interested in proposing improvements to ARC20, you can visit Atomicals’ Github. Hopefully, the above websites are helpful for you to have a deeper understanding of ARC20 inscriptions.