#Educational_Post✨

What Is the Atomicals Protocol?

Atomicals is a free, open-source protocol that provides a flexible way of creating digital objects on Bitcoin or any other blockchain that adopts the same UTXO model. Each digital object is called an “Atomical” or “atom” and basically consists of a chain of digital ownership, which follows a set of simple rules.

The Atomicals protocol can be used to mint, transfer, and update all sorts of static or dynamic digital objects, including fungible tokens and non-fungible tokens (NFTs). Atoms are created through Bitcoin transactions, and the protocol is compatible with any Bitcoin wallet without the need for separate chains, layer 2 networks, or third-party services.

What Is ARC-20?

Inspired by the BRC-20 token standard and built with the Atomicals protocol, ARC-20 is an experimental token standard for fungible tokens (colored coins) on the Bitcoin network.

Each ARC-20 token is linked to the value of at least one satoshi, the smallest unit of Bitcoin. This means that, by design, the value of each ARC-20 cannot go below 1 satoshi. However, that doesn’t necessarily mean that there will be market demand for such tokens, so it’s important to DYOR before taking risks.

It’s worth noting that there are no official ARC-20 tokens. All of them were created by the community and launched independently of the Atomicals Protocol team.