{"id":78981,"date":"2023-05-19T12:11:31","date_gmt":"2023-05-19T09:11:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=78981"},"modified":"2025-09-11T08:24:27","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T05:24:27","slug":"diba-launches-marketplace-for-bitcoin-nfts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/diba-launches-marketplace-for-bitcoin-nfts\/","title":{"rendered":"DIBA launches marketplace for Bitcoin-NFTs."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Digital Bitcoin Art and Assets (DIBA) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/diba.io\/\\\">has launched<\/a> a beta of the &#8216;first Bitcoin-<a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/what-are-nfts\">NFT<\/a> marketplace&#8217; based on RGB smart contracts <span data-descr=\\\"Really Good for Bitcoin\\\" class=\\\"old_tooltip\\\">RGB<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>The marketplace will allow users to trade assets issued on the Bitcoin blockchain or on layer-2 networks, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/lightning-network-faster-cheaper-bitcoin-transactions\">Lightning Network<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>DIBA, in collaboration with Hut 8 Mining, has also released a standalone wallet app where users can store music files and images. The marketplace is compatible with other blockchain services as well.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>According to project founder Gideon Nveze, the RGB protocol is designed to deliver \u201cenhanced security, privacy, scalability, and lower fees.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\\\">\n<p>\u201cOur launch marks an important milestone in the internet\u2019s shift to Bitcoin. [\u2026] You can think of DIBA as a gateway to the capabilities of the Bitcoin technology,\u201d said Nveze.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>Draper Associates, the venture capital firm of billionaire Tim Draper, is among the startup&#8217;s investors.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>The head of DIBA also added that he does not share the enthusiasm for the new technologies <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/bitcoin-nfts-how-the-ordinals-project-is-shaping-the-bitcoin-blockchain\">Ordinals<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/brc-20-token-market-cap-hits-650-million\">BRC-20<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\\\">\n<p>\u201cBRC-20 is the stupidest technical experiment in the field of cryptocurrencies. [\u2026] Essentially, they are trying to turn the Bitcoin network into Ethereum. In practice this is absurd and inefficient,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, sales of the Bitcoin Frogs NFT collection based on the first cryptocurrency within 24 hours reached $2.24 million, beating the Bored Ape Yacht Club.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in May, Bitcoin Core developer Luke Dash Jr. proposed applying a \\&#8221;spam filter\\&#8221; for BRC-20 and Ordinals tokens due to their negative impact on the blockchain. According to him, such an approach would help \\&#8221;screen out\\&#8221; the transactions associated with them, which Dash called \\&#8221;garbage.\\&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Digital Bitcoin Art and Assets (DIBA) has launched a beta of the &#8216;first Bitcoin-NFT marketplace&#8217; based on RGB smart contracts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":78982,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[18,1213,1176],"class_list":["post-78981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-bitcoin","tag-nft","tag-ordinals"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"23","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78981","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78981"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78981\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78983,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78981\/revisions\/78983"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}