# rune

URL: https://blockspace.wiki/glossary/rune/

A token of the Runes protocol, whose messages (runestones) are carried in an OP_RETURN output tagged OP_13. ord indexes them: its /status counts the runes.

Sources:

- block.space docs: data types · https://block.space/docs/datatypes
- block.space docs: measurements · https://block.space/docs/measurements
- ord /status (the blockspace.to ord server) · https://blockspace.to/status

Updated: 2026-10-20