French Montana Inscribes Song on Bitcoin Blockchain

• Renowned artist French Montana becomes the first global artist to inscribe a song into the Bitcoin blockchain. 

• The reaction from his fans before the release was breathtaking as his earlier post generated 50,000 comments. 

French Montana makes history as the first mainstream artist to etch an entire song into the Bitcoin (BTC) blockchain. As the highest-streaming African-born artist with over 40 billion streams, this groundbreaking move solidifies his place at the forefront of the music industry’s digital evolution, merging artistry with blockchain technology in an unprecedented way.

The news broken by the official account of Mac & Cheese 5 discloses that a hidden track on the album “Bag Curious,” has also been permanently inscribed. 

An unreleased track by French Montana titled ‘Bag Curious’ has been inscribed into Bitcoin, marking him as the first mainstream artist to inscribe a complete song into the most robust cloud system, which is fueled by Proof of Work. This development is unchangeable and cannot be censored, making it a historic moment.

The report further discloses that the MP4 file of “Bag Curious” occupied an entire BTC block. According to French Montana, this is a special moment for the entire music industry and the blockchain community. 

Launched the freshest music ordinal out there! Snagged an entire block from Marathon Digital all with that Ordinalsbot sorcery. Our legacy on Bitcoin forever with #brc420 today for anyone to own history!

More on the Inscription into the Bitcoin Blockchain

This historic achievement positions the Inscription as the third largest Ordinal entry in the history of the blockchain, underscoring the incredible use of Ordinals protocol for purposes beyond financial transactions.

The Inscription is currently numbered 64333690, with a size of 3.956 megabytes. As stated earlier, it occupied the entire block #834,618. Prior to this release, the community was waiting with bated breath as seen in the 50,000 comments generated by the post.

According to the X account of the Mac & Cheese 5, the community reaction indicates that the project would be an instant success. On top of that, the post stated that Bitcoin Ordinals is the only place French Montana wants to be inscribed forever. 

The Ordinals account, Ord.io, acknowledged the milestone. Following this, the Mac & Cheese 5 account praised the team behind the platform.

A massive shoutout to Leonidas of Ord.io and the team at http://Ord.io. Their incredible platform transformed what could have been a mundane mint into something exciting. Leon, you make Bitcoin fun @LeonidasNFT.

Creation of Ordinal Inscriptions have over the past few months fluctuated as it recorded a noticeable dip in September 2023. In October, it staged a rebound and hit a peak on November 4, 2023. At that time, the Bitcoin blockchain had the second-highest daily total of Ordinal inscriptions minted in a day. A couple of weeks ago, Ordinals triggered an impressive surge of Bitcoin NFTs, surpassing Ethereum NFTs as reported by Crypto News Flash. 

The recent announcement of French Montana has had little impact on the price of Bitcoin (BTC) and ORDI. As of press time, ORDI was down by 9% in the last seven days, trading at $70.9. Bitcoin was also trading at $68,952 after falling from its all-time high of $73k. In the last 24 hours, the asset has surged by 3.7%.

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