![Over 100K Ordinals minted on Bitcoin](https://cryptoslate.com/wp-content/themes/cryptoslate-2020/imgresize/timthumb.php?src=https://cryptoslate.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/bitcoin-Insights-2.jpg&w=70&h=37&q=75)
Quick Take
- Since launching in January, the emergence of Ordinals and inscriptions has now surpassed 100,000 inscriptions, according to Dune Research data.
- Ordinals leverage the Taproot soft fork, which has seen Taproot adoption and utilization spike to new all-time highs of 12.68% and 5.59%, respectively, over a (7DMA).
- This has resulted in a rise in the mean block size, which has increased from 1.5 to 2MB to 3 and 3.5MB over the past week.
![Inscribing ordinals: (Source: Dune)](https://cryptoslate.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/ordinals.jpg)
![Taproot Adoption: (Source: Glassnode)](https://cryptoslate.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/tap1.png)
![Mean Block Size: (Source: Glassnode)](https://cryptoslate.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/MBS.png)