It's time to get excited about ORD and BITMAP again. Why? Because /r/block just got merged!! What does this mean? We now have full block data through recursion!! What problem does this solve? TL;DR: we can now accurately draw Bitcoin Maps! Up until this merge, it has been impossible to resolve transaction data within an inscription without knowing the txid. That means, the full promise of Bitmap has been impossible on-chain via ord, because we cannot represent accurate transaction data. THE SOLUTION /r/block/ : full block hex for One week ago, I submitted a PR issue to Ord that would allow you to fetch full block hex with one call. It was after working with Astra to close the gap. Originally I was going to build fetching txid from blocks, but it became clear that this would lead to thousands of recursive calls per block. Astra suggested using /r/block instead to get the full block hex. With one call, you get all transaction data from the block. I wholeheartedly agreed. It just made sense. I put Astra to work and it was done within 20 minutes. I tested it on my node and it worked a charm, then I submitted my PR as an issue to ord. Last night, Casey merged /r/block/. So now we have full block and transaction data! This is a game-changer for bitmap. So this morning, I'm working on something to show what is now possible. See image for a clue. But more importantly, the endpoint is available now for you all! This is truly an exciting moment, and will open a dam of development on Ord and Bitmap. Use it wisely, and build procedurally. Please show Casey some Bitmap love on this historic merge. Happy building!

DEAR CASEY, Close the recursive loop. Here I've submitted a PR as an issue (as I'm not a contributor) for the final piece of the ORD pie. /r/block/ : return complete block hex github.com/ordinals/ord/issu… Right now recursion can't move cleanly from block to tx. This is what ORD is missing. If it had this, I would consider ORD to be complete, and we would finally be able to procedurally generate the Map of Bitcoin to scale on-chain from an inscription. /r/block/ would allow inscriptions decode locally: txids transactions inputs / outputs scripts witness merkle tree This is a fundamental building block, and the missing link. One recursive call. The entire block. @raphjaph @rodarmor @lifofifo @realizingerin Yours truly, Blockamoto

⚡️ THE NEW ON-CHAIN BITMAP.LAND IS HERE ⚡️ Here is a full update log! There's a lot, so you may want to bookmark this post. There are also docs ❓ in-app. ::CONTENTS:: 🗺️ NEW LIVING MAP VIEW ⚡️ EARN SYNERGY SYNC HOODS 🏘️ HOOD DISCOVERY & TIMELINE 🔔 SUBSCRIPTIONS 📚 BITMAP DIRECTORY 📌 BITMAP BULLETIN 🪑 HOOD SEATS 🚧 DISTRICT SIGNAL 🔸 INTRODUCING SATMAP ::UPDATE LOG:: 🗺️ NEW LIVING MAP VIEW 🗺️ The map is now alive, even when zoomed right out! If there's an inscription within a hood, you'll see it. If there are multiple within a hood, you'll see the latest. This principal applies at all zoom levels. The living map is actually, technically, a bitmap. You can right-click save the map that has been built. As hoods sync, an image of each inscription content is snapshotted and added to the living map, creating a smooth experience no matter how populated it is. ⚡️ EARN SYNERGY SYNC HOODS ⚡️ Every block you have a chance to earn "sync energy". Sync'd hoods show latest reinscriptions at all zooms. Sync hoods by using your SYNERGY ⚡️ points. Collect ⚡️ by clicking NEW DISTRICT popups. Choose which hood to sync, or turn on autosync. Local nodes get UNLIMITED SYNERGY ⚡️. This makes sure we do not abuse @rodarmor servers with millions of calls, whilst allowing us to stay in sync where we want to, and promoting the use of bitcoin ord nodes for users who want unlimited sync-ability. 🏘️ HOOD DISCOVERY & TIMELINE 🏘️ A sync'd hood gives you a timeline of Hood updates. You can see reinscriptions of Districts. You can see a timeline of Bulletin's and Directory's. You can check Hood Seat results across any period. Seats reinscriptions, bulletins, directory's are pinned. Each Hood has a Flag, chosen automatically or by Seat. Each Hood has a Color, chosen the same way. Each Hood has a Name, chosen by Seat. Flag, Color, and Name can be deferred by Seat to a vote. 🔔 SUBSCRIPTIONS 🔔 You can subscribe to Parcels, Districts, and Hoods. Hoods cost 1 ⚡️ SYNERGY to sync. You may sync up to 2016 Parcels or Districts for FREE. Every 2016 District/Parcel sync costs 1 ⚡️ SYNERGY. 📚 BITMAP DIRECTORY 📚 A directory is like a LinkTree attached to a Bitmap. You can create a Directory on a District or a Parcel. Each new directory overwrites the last. Directory's from Hood Seat's are pinned to the top. Check help docs in-app ❓ for Metadata standard. 📌 BITMAP BULLETIN 📌 A bulletin is like a post that accompanies an inscription. Think of it like a tweet, or a blog post, for your bitmap. Bulletin's from Hood Seats are pinned to the top. 🪑 HOOD SEATS 🪑 Anybody within a Hood has the opportunity to be Seat. Seats get escalated priveliges within the Hood itself. A Seat must nominate itself, and have the most votes. Seat votes are local, and counted within the Hood. Votes are counted at the difficulty period boundary. Seats can change Hood Flags, Names, and Color. Seats may also defer these decisions to Parcel vote. Seat flags are pinned on the map to the Seat District. Seat inscriptions, bulletin's, and directory's are pinned. 🚧 DISTRICT SIGNAL 🚧 Districts may also determine flags, name, and color. They may also defer this signal to parcels. Check in-app docs ❓ for metadata standards. 🔸 INTRODUCING SATMAP 🔸 Rollover the bitmap logo, and click satmap to discover... A map of sats! Navigate the map just like bitmap.land. Choose rarity: sat, uncommon, rare, epic, legendary. The map is constructed afresh based on rarity. Just like bitmap.land, it uses Hilbert curves to draw. It's early days for Satmap, and very experimental, but I look forward to building out the concept. Please enjoy. As of writing, satmap.land Domain is pending SSL. CLOSING This is the major update and overhaul of bitmap.land. You are the cartographer, building the entire map! How long will it take you to fill the entire map? This is something that is now possible, if we zoom out. I hope you enjoy this latest version, and I can't wait to see what comes next. Happy mapping!