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Bitcoin Ordinals explorer Ord.io to shut down alongside trading app Zap
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Bitcoin Ordinals browser Ord.io and its associated consumer app Zap will shut down on June 1, according to announcements published on X.
Key facts
- Bitcoin Ordinals browser Ord.io and its associated consumer app Zap will shut down on June 1, according to announcements published on X
- On Monday, Leonidas King, creator of Ord.io, cited financial constraints as the reason for shutting down the projects
- Ord.io began in 2023 as an explorer for Bitcoin inscriptions with community features such as upvotes
- Peak activity in 2023 saw millions of dollars in daily fees from Ordinals inscriptions, Dune data shows
Summary
On Monday, Leonidas King, creator of Ord.io, cited financial constraints as the reason for shutting down the projects. Ord.io began in 2023 as an explorer for Bitcoin inscriptions with community features such as upvotes. "To help preserve some of the Bitcoin culture that happened on Ord.io, we'll be uploading the full history of upvotes, replies, and public address profiles to GitHub," Ord.io wrote. King also noted that the team is open to the idea of another entity taking over the platform and keeping it alive.