# mintbitbars.xyz

Bitbar minting app.

URL: https://blockspace.wiki/projects/mintbitbars.xyz/

Status: live (page and image only; the Mint button's QR server does not answer)
Site: https://mintbitbars.xyz
Source: https://github.com/antron3000/Bitbar-Minting-App

## What it is

mintbitbars.xyz is, in its own title's words, the "Bitbar Minting App": a
page that shows a [bitbar](https://blockspace.wiki/glossary/bitbar/) and a "Mint Bitbar" button. Its card line on
block.space/projects is "Bitbar minting app." No other description of it
exists in Blockspace Holdings' records.

## Status

The page is live at https://mintbitbars.xyz (as of 2026-10-20). Since
2026-10-19 it has been served from the code of antron3000/Bitbar-Minting-App,
page and image only. The server that the Mint button's QR code comes from
did not answer when checked on 2026-10-19.

## How it works

The repository has three parts. The page shows the 1kB bitbar SVG and,
on Mint, a payment box: use an ordinals wallet, send 0.00002 BTC to the
address shown, and wait. A small server watches that address through a
public block explorer API, records each payment and its sender in SQLite,
and marks payments of at least 1,641 sats as needing a bitbar. A minter
script polls the server for pending mints and inscribes the file with
[ord](https://blockspace.wiki/glossary/ord/) (fee rate 3, postage 546 sats) to the
sender's address.

## Key figures

- The 1kB bitbar image the page shows is exactly 1,024 bytes.
- The minter's log records 7 mints, from 2024-11-30 to 2024-12-01. This
  wiki reads no live figures for mintbitbars.xyz.

## Glossary

- **Bitbar**: A bar-shaped inscription on Bitcoin whose size is its name: 1 kB (exactly 1,024 bytes), 64 kB, 128 kB and 256 kB. The 1 kB Bitbar is the hero of blockspace.holdings, "Exactly 1,024 bytes on Bitcoin Mainnet", and the page's copy of it must stay exactly 1,024 bytes.
- **inscription**: Content bound to a sat by ord, carried in a witness envelope. Under BTI's law the inscription is content, not a token: the inscribed sat is the token that claims the bytes.
- **ord**: The ordinals indexer and explorer. Its fork, run by [Blockspace Holdings](https://blockspace.wiki/glossary/blockspace-holdings-node-and-indexers/), serves blockspace.to and is the definitional source for BTI's inscription-to-sat binding, sat numbers and inscription numbers.

## FAQ

### What is a bitbar?

A [bitbar](https://blockspace.wiki/glossary/bitbar/) is a bar-shaped [inscription](https://blockspace.wiki/glossary/inscription/) whose size is its name. The 1kB bitbar is exactly 1,024 bytes.

### Can I mint a bitbar there today?

The page answers, but on 2026-10-19 the server behind its Mint button's QR code did not answer, and only the page and image are served. Every payment it received was minted: 7 payments, 7 Bitbars, confirmed in blocks 872,656 to 873,182 (2024-11-30 to 2024-12-04). No payment has arrived since (checked 2026-10-20).

### How was a mint meant to work?

The page asks you to use an ordinals wallet (it recommends Unisat), send 0.00002 BTC to the address it shows, and wait: the bitbar is minted to the sending address, at a standard fee rate of 3 sats/vB.

### Where is its code?

In the public repository antron3000/Bitbar-Minting-App: the page, a payment-watching server and a minter script.

Sources:

- The project list at block.space/projects · https://block.space/projects
- The mintbitbars.xyz checkout (antron3000/Bitbar-Minting-App): index.html, server/, minter/ · https://github.com/antron3000/Bitbar-Minting-App
- Blockspace Holdings records
- A Bitbar minted at mintbitbars.xyz: inscription 78,595,962, block 872,656, on blockspace.to · https://blockspace.to/inscription/8fc8864b64d0133e9a9e5c1b267d5ee581703ebf6fb3e345691e139001d98c33i0

Updated: 2026-10-20