`ord` ===== `ord` is an index, block explorer, and command-line wallet. It is experimental software with no warranty. See [LICENSE](LICENSE) for more details. Ordinal theory imbues satoshis with numismatic value, allowing them to be collected and traded as curios. Ordinal numbers are serial numbers for satoshis, assigned in the order in which they are mined, and preserved across transactions. See [the docs](https://docs.ordinals.com) for documentation and guides. See [the BIP](bip.mediawiki) for a technical description of the assignment and transfer algorithm. See [the project board](https://github.com/orgs/ordinals/projects/1) for currently prioritized issues. Join [the Discord server](https://discord.gg/87cjuz4FYg) to chat with fellow ordinal degenerates. Donate ------ Ordinals is open-source and community funded. The current lead maintainer of `ord` is [raphjaph](https://github.com/raphjaph/). Raph's work on `ord` is entirely funded by donations. If you can, please consider donating! The donation address is [bc1qguzk63exy7h5uygg8m2tcenca094a8t464jfyvrmr0s6wkt74wls3zr5m3](https://mempool.space/address/bc1qguzk63exy7h5uygg8m2tcenca094a8t464jfyvrmr0s6wkt74wls3zr5m3). This address is 2 of 4 multisig wallet with keys held by [raphjaph](https://twitter.com/raphjaph), [erin](https://twitter.com/realizingerin), [rodarmor](https://twitter.com/rodarmor), and [ordinally](https://twitter.com/veryordinally). Bitcoin received will go towards funding maintenance and development of `ord`, as well as hosting costs for [ordinals.com](https://ordinals.com). Thank you for donating! Wallet ------ `ord` relies on Bitcoin Core for private key management and transaction signing. This has a number of implications that you must understand in order to use `ord` wallet commands safely: - Bitcoin Core is not aware of inscriptions and does not perform sat control. Using `bitcoin-cli` commands and RPC calls with `ord` wallets may lead to loss of inscriptions. - `ord wallet` commands automatically load the `ord` wallet given by the `--name` option, which defaults to 'ord'. Keep in mind that after running an `ord wallet` command, an `ord` wallet may be loaded. - Because `ord` has access to your Bitcoin Core wallets, `ord` should not be used with wallets that contain a material amount of funds. Keep ordinal and cardinal wallets segregated. ### Pre-alpha wallet migration Alpha `ord` wallets are not compatible with wallets created by previous versions of `ord`. To migrate, use `ord wallet send` from the old wallet to send sats and inscriptions to addresses generated by the new wallet with `ord wallet receive`. Installation ------------ `ord` is written in Rust and can be built from [source](https://github.com/ordinals/ord). Pre-built binaries are available on the [releases page](https://github.com/ordinals/ord/releases). You can install the latest pre-built binary from the command line with: ```sh curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -fsLS https://ordinals.com/install.sh | bash -s ``` Once `ord` is installed, you should be able to run `ord --version` on the command line. Building -------- On Linux, `ord` requires `libssl-dev` when building from source. On Debian-derived Linux distributions, including Ubuntu: ``` sudo apt-get install pkg-config libssl-dev build-essential ``` On Red Hat-derived Linux distributions: ``` yum install -y pkgconfig openssl-devel yum groupinstall "Development Tools" ``` You'll also need Rust: ``` curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh ``` Clone the `ord` repo: ``` git clone https://github.com/ordinals/ord.git cd ord ``` To build a specific version of `ord`, first checkout that version: ``` git checkout ``` And finally to actually build `ord`: ``` cargo build --release ``` Once built, the `ord` binary can be found at `./target/release/ord`. `ord` requires `rustc` version 1.76.0 or later. Run `rustc --version` to ensure you have this version. Run `rustup update` to get the latest stable release. ### Docker A Docker image can be built with: ``` docker build -t ordinals/ord . ``` ### Homebrew `ord` is available in [Homebrew](https://brew.sh/): ``` brew install ord ``` ### Debian Package To build a `.deb` package: ``` cargo install cargo-deb cargo deb ``` Contributing ------------ If you wish to contribute there are a couple things that are helpful to know. We put a lot of emphasis on proper testing in the code base, with three broad categories of tests: unit, integration and fuzz. Unit tests can usually be found at the bottom of a file in a mod block called `tests`. If you add or modify a function please also add a corresponding test. Integration tests try to test end-to-end functionality by executing a subcommand of the binary. Those can be found in the [tests](tests) directory. We don't have a lot of fuzzing but the basic structure of how we do it can be found in the [fuzz](fuzz) directory. We strongly recommend installing [just](https://github.com/casey/just) to make running the tests easier. To run our CI test suite you would do: ``` just ci ``` This corresponds to the commands: ``` cargo fmt -- --check cargo test --all cargo test --all -- --ignored ``` Have a look at the [justfile](justfile) to see some more helpful recipes (commands). Here are a couple more good ones: ``` just fmt just fuzz just doc just watch ltest --all ``` If the tests are failing or hanging, you might need to increase the maximum number of open files by running `ulimit -n 1024` in your shell before you run the tests, or in your shell configuration. We also try to follow a TDD (Test-Driven-Development) approach, which means we use tests as a way to get visibility into the code. Tests have to run fast for that reason so that the feedback loop between making a change, running the test and seeing the result is small. To facilitate that we created a mocked Bitcoin Core instance in [test-bitcoincore-rpc](./test-bitcoincore-rpc). Syncing ------- `ord` requires a synced `bitcoind` node with `-txindex` to build the index of satoshi locations. `ord` communicates with `bitcoind` via RPC. If `bitcoind` is run locally by the same user, without additional configuration, `ord` should find it automatically by reading the `.cookie` file from `bitcoind`'s datadir, and connecting using the default RPC port. If `bitcoind` is not on mainnet, is not run by the same user, has a non-default datadir, or a non-default port, you'll need to pass additional flags to `ord`. See `ord --help` for details. `bitcoind` RPC Authentication ----------------------------- `ord` makes RPC calls to `bitcoind`, which usually requires a username and password. By default, `ord` looks a username and password in the cookie file created by `bitcoind`. The cookie file path can be configured using `--cookie-file`: ``` ord --cookie-file /path/to/cookie/file server ``` Alternatively, `ord` can be supplied with a username and password on the command line: ``` ord --bitcoin-rpc-username foo --bitcoin-rpc-password bar server ``` Using environment variables: ``` export ORD_BITCOIN_RPC_USERNAME=foo export ORD_BITCOIN_RPC_PASSWORD=bar ord server ``` Or in the config file: ```yaml bitcoin_rpc_username: foo bitcoin_rpc_password: bar ``` Logging -------- `ord` uses [env_logger](https://docs.rs/env_logger/latest/env_logger/). Set the `RUST_LOG` environment variable in order to turn on logging. For example, run the server and show `info`-level log messages and above: ``` $ RUST_LOG=info cargo run server ``` New Releases ------------ Release commit messages use the following template: ``` Release x.y.z - Bump version: x.y.z → x.y.z - Update changelog - Update changelog contributor credits - Update dependencies ``` Translations ------------ To translate [the docs](https://docs.ordinals.com) we use [mdBook i18n helper](https://github.com/google/mdbook-i18n-helpers). See [mdbook-i18n-helpers usage guide](https://github.com/google/mdbook-i18n-helpers/blob/main/i18n-helpers/USAGE.md) for help. Adding a new translations is somewhat involved, so feel free to start translation and open a pull request, even if your translation is incomplete. Take a look at [this commit](https://github.com/ordinals/ord/commit/329f31bf6dac207dad001507dd6f18c87fdef355) for an example of adding a new translation. A maintainer will help you integrate it into our build system. To start a new translation: 1. Install `mdbook`, `mdbook-i18n-helpers`, and `mdbook-linkcheck`: ``` cargo install mdbook mdbook-i18n-helpers mdbook-linkcheck ``` 2. Generate a new `pot` file named `messages.pot`: ``` MDBOOK_OUTPUT='{"xgettext": {"pot-file": "messages.pot"}}' mdbook build -d po ``` 3. Run `msgmerge` on `XX.po` where `XX` is the two-letter [ISO-639](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ISO_639-1_codes) code for the language you are translating into. This will update the `po` file with the text of the most recent English version: ``` msgmerge --update po/XX.po po/messages.pot ``` 4. Untranslated sections are marked with `#, fuzzy` in `XX.po`. Edit the `msgstr` string with the translated text. 5. Execute the `mdbook` command to rebuild the docs. For Chinese, whose two-letter ISO-639 code is `zh`: ``` mdbook build docs -d build MDBOOK_BOOK__LANGUAGE=zh mdbook build docs -d build/zh mv docs/build/zh/html docs/build/html/zh python3 -m http.server --directory docs/build/html --bind 127.0.0.1 8080 ``` 6. If everything looks good, commit `XX.po` and open a pull request on GitHub. Other changed files should be omitted from the pull request.