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Lunalauncher is a curated Bitcoin Ordinals launchpad — a platform where artists and creators can launch collections, and collectors can mint and own inscriptions directly on Bitcoin.

Unlike NFT platforms built on Ethereum or Solana, every piece launched through Lunalauncher is inscribed directly into the Bitcoin blockchain itself. No external file storage, no IPFS, no servers that might one day go offline. The art is permanently part of Bitcoin.

Bitcoin Ordinals is a protocol that allows arbitrary data — images, HTML, audio, video, code — to be inscribed directly onto individual satoshis (the smallest unit of Bitcoin). Each satoshi has an ordinal number, and that number is how they're tracked and traded.

An inscription is the actual content embedded into a satoshi. When you own an inscription, you own a specific satoshi with your piece of art encoded inside it. It's not a pointer to a file somewhere — the data is part of the Bitcoin transaction itself, stored in the blockchain forever.

This makes Bitcoin Ordinals fundamentally different from most NFTs, which typically store just a URL pointing to an image hosted elsewhere.

Yes. To mint, buy, or receive inscriptions you need a Taproot-compatible Bitcoin wallet. We support the following wallets:

Xverse UniSat

We recommend Xverse as it's the most widely used wallet in the Ordinals ecosystem and has excellent mobile and desktop support. Download it at xverse.app.

Make sure your wallet has a Taproot address — these begin with bc1p…. Inscriptions can only be sent to Taproot addresses.

Taproot is a Bitcoin upgrade that introduced a new address type used by the Ordinals protocol. Taproot addresses always start with bc1p… and are required to send or receive inscriptions.

If your wallet shows an address beginning with bc1q… or 1… or 3…, look for a Taproot address option in your wallet's settings — most Ordinals-compatible wallets will have one. Never send an inscription to a non-Taproot address, as it may be lost.

Lunalauncher is a curated launchpad. Anyone can browse, collect, and mint — but artists who want to launch a collection go through a review process.

This isn't about gatekeeping — it's about quality. Collectors here know that everything on the platform has been reviewed. That means better outcomes for artists too: your work lands in front of people who take on-chain art seriously.

If you're an artist, submit your art here. We review every submission personally.

The key difference is where the data actually lives. Most Ethereum NFTs are a smart contract record pointing to a URL or IPFS hash. If that server goes down, or IPFS loses the pin, the image is gone — you're left holding a receipt pointing to nothing.

With Bitcoin Ordinals, the actual content — the pixels, the code, the file — is encoded into a Bitcoin transaction and stored inside the blockchain itself. It's as permanent as Bitcoin. No external dependencies, no renewal fees, no risk of the art disappearing.

There's also no smart contract layer on Bitcoin. Ordinals inscriptions are simpler and more direct: one satoshi, one piece of art, forever.

Use LunaLauncher Inscribe at inscribe.lunalauncher.io: upload your file or HTML, connect a Taproot-capable wallet (for example Xverse or UniSat), pay the Bitcoin network fee, and the inscription is written on-chain.

The main lunalauncher.io site focuses on curated collection mints and auctions; standalone creator inscriptions use the dedicated Inscribe tool.

Browsing the launchpad is free. Minting and auctions require Bitcoin network fees (paid to miners), and LunaLauncher charges a small platform service fee per mint — amounts are shown on each listing.

Collections marked as "free mint" still incur network and service fees; there is no collection price in sats, but on-chain costs still apply.

You can connect with Xverse or UniSat. Ordinals require a Taproot receiving address (addresses start with bc1p).

Xverse is widely used across the Ordinals ecosystem; both wallets work for minting and for Inscribe.

Minting on Lunalauncher takes just a few steps:

1. Connect your Bitcoin wallet using the Connect Wallet button on any launch page.
2. Choose the collection you want to mint from and click Mint Now.
3. Confirm your recipient address (defaults to your connected wallet).
4. Review the fee breakdown — commit fee + reveal fee + service fee.
5. Click Pay & Inscribe and approve the transaction in your wallet.
6. Once confirmed on-chain, the inscription appears in your wallet.

The whole process typically takes a few minutes to a few hours depending on network congestion and your chosen fee rate.

SATS is short for satoshis — the smallest denomination of Bitcoin. 1 Bitcoin = 100,000,000 satoshis.

All collection prices on Lunalauncher are listed in SATS. To convert to BTC, divide by 100,000,000. For example, 150,000 SATS = 0.0015 BTC. Your wallet will typically show the fiat equivalent at current market rates.

In addition to the collection price, you'll also pay a small Bitcoin network fee (the inscription fee) and our platform service fee of 2,500 SATS.

A Free Mint means there's no collection price — the artist has set the cost of the inscription to 0 SATS. You can mint for free.

However, you'll still pay the Bitcoin network fee (the inscription transaction fee) and the platform service fee of 2,500 SATS. These are unavoidable costs — the network fee goes to Bitcoin miners, and the service fee covers our infrastructure.

In total, a free mint typically costs between 2,000 and 10,000 SATS depending on network conditions, which is roughly a fraction of a dollar to a couple of dollars at current prices.

Confirmation time depends on the fee rate you choose and current Bitcoin network activity:

Fast ~10–30 minutes (highest fee rate)
Regular ~1–6 hours
Cheap ~1–3 days (not recommended during busy periods)

During periods of high network congestion, even the "Fast" option may take longer. You can always check your transaction status on a Bitcoin block explorer like mempool.space using your transaction ID from the order page.

Yes. Once an inscription is in your wallet, you own it fully and can transfer or sell it on Bitcoin Ordinals marketplaces such as Satflow, Magisat, and ord.net.

The process is straightforward:

1. Get in touch — Submit your art through the site, or message us on X to start the conversation. Tell us about you, your work, and what you're planning, with links to your portfolio.

2. Review — Our curation team reviews your application. We look at artistic quality, originality, and fit with the platform. We'll get back to you within a few days.

3. Configure — Once approved, we work with you to set supply, pricing, schedule, and any special features (physical prints, parent inscriptions, etc.).

4. Launch — Your collection goes live to our collector community. We handle all the inscription infrastructure — you focus on the art.

We take 0% from artists on launches hosted on Lunalauncher — you keep the full amount from your primary mints. Collectors pay a small marketplace service fee per mint (and network fees as usual), which helps us run curation, infrastructure, and support.

Our model is built so creators aren't taxed for putting work on-chain through the platform; we're here to amplify your launch, not take a cut of it.

We welcome a wide range of work — from hand-drawn illustration to generative code, photography to digital painting, PFP collections to 1/1 gallery pieces.

What we look for is artistic intent and quality. We're not a high-volume mint machine — we're building a platform that serious collectors trust. Collections that have launched with us include large-edition character studies, intimate 50-piece conceptual works, and fully on-chain generative art.

We don't accept: plagiarised or derivative work, content that violates our community standards, or collections with no clear artistic vision.

Yes — and we encourage it. Some of our most successful launches have combined on-chain inscriptions with optional Giclée print editions delivered worldwide. It bridges the physical and digital in a way that resonates strongly with collectors who love art in both forms.

Submit your art

A parent inscription creates a provenance link between inscriptions. If you inscribe a "parent" first, every subsequent inscription in your collection can be inscribed as a "child" — permanently linked to the parent on-chain.

This is useful for collections where you want to establish clear on-chain provenance and authenticity. It proves that all pieces in the collection come from the same originating inscription, and it can't be faked or replicated.

It's optional but recommended for series work or larger collections where collector confidence in authenticity matters. We can set this up for you during launch configuration.

Our inscription tool supports the following file types:

PNG JPG GIF WEBP SVG AVIF HTML JS

HTML and JavaScript inscriptions are particularly powerful — they allow fully interactive, generative, and animated on-chain experiences. The max file size is 350 KB per inscription. For HTML/SVG/JS, we recommend enabling Brotli compression, which can reduce file size by 50–80%.

Brotli is a compression algorithm that reduces file size before inscribing. Smaller file = smaller transaction = lower fees.

Enable it for: HTML, SVG, JavaScript, and any text-based format. Savings of 50–80% are common, which can meaningfully reduce your inscription cost.

Don't enable it for: Images like PNG or JPG — these are already compressed formats and Brotli won't help (and may slightly increase size). The tool will note this if you try.

sat/vB (satoshis per virtual byte) is the fee rate for Bitcoin transactions. Higher = faster confirmation.

Inscriptions require two transactions:

Commit transaction — A small transaction that commits to the inscription data without revealing it. This is very cheap.

Reveal transaction — The larger transaction that embeds your actual file data into the Bitcoin blockchain. This is the main cost, and scales with file size.

Both fees are displayed in the breakdown before you confirm. The total you pay is: commit fee + reveal fee + 330 sat padding + 2,500 sat service fee.

If you're waiting on an inscription from Lunalauncher, we'll have it to you soon — processing times depend on network conditions and the fee tier you chose.

If something still doesn't look right or you're worried, please contact us on X and we'll help.

The 2,500 SATS service fee is a flat platform charge applied to every inscription. At current Bitcoin prices, this is a small amount — typically around $1–2.

It covers our inscription infrastructure, order management, and platform operation. It applies to all inscriptions made through the platform, whether you're minting from a collection launch or inscribing your own work directly.

The 330 SATS padding is a small amount of Bitcoin that "lives" inside the inscription's UTXO (unspent transaction output). It's a Bitcoin protocol minimum — UTXOs must hold at least a certain amount of sats to be considered non-dust.

This padding stays attached to your inscription. When you later sell or transfer it, the 330 SATS moves with it. You don't lose it — it's part of the inscription itself.

Yes — the Bitcoin network fee (commit + reveal) fluctuates with network activity. When many people are transacting on Bitcoin, miners prioritise higher-fee transactions. The sat/vB rate our tool suggests updates dynamically.

The service fee (2,500 SATS) and padding (330 SATS) are always fixed.

If you're not in a rush, inscribing during quieter periods (weekends, non-peak hours) can save significantly on network fees.

If an inscription fails due to a platform error on our side, we will refund or re-inscribe at no additional charge. Check your order history for the status of any pending inscriptions.

If a transaction was successfully broadcast to the Bitcoin network but is taking a long time to confirm, that's not a failure — it's pending. Bitcoin network fees are non-refundable once a transaction is broadcast, as miners have already included them in the mempool.

For any issues, contact us on X (@LunaticsBTC) and we'll resolve it quickly.