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How to read an inscription

A field guide: content type, envelope, UTXO, indexer, then taste.

Updated 2026-09-114 min readlearn · inscriptions

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A competent reading of a Doginal has five layers. Skip one and you will either overpay or under-describe. Suitable for a JPEG, a GIF, a one-line joke, or a DRC-20 mint.

Five layers

  1. Bytes and MIME type — what was actually pushed. Never trust a thumbnail.
  2. Envelope completeness — did multipart / chained parts count down to zero?
  3. Binding — which UTXO carries it now? Is the wallet about to spend it as fee?
  4. Indexer window — which program numbered it, and from which height?
  5. Catalogue — is it historically first, aesthetically worth hanging, or only a mint receipt?

Sources

Primary texts for this chapter. The full index lives on Doginals sources.