aboutism
Wordy is a web platform that allows you to easily create and mint digital prints on bitcoin stamps.
We focus on character and text based art creations. From simple memes, wordings, sticky notes or ascii art – to colourful haiku, classical poetry or short-form prose.
By leveraging recursive SRC-721 tech and using pre-stamped html templates, we’ve made it easy for writers, poets and lovers of words to store text on bitcoin.
Wordy is the brainchild of babalicious, an early pioneer of html based wordings and poetry on bitcoin stamps.
He is the editor-in-chief, frontend designer, socials manager and all-round janitor – making sure everything is clean and runs smoothly.
The platform is developed in collaboration with XJA from Universelle – one of the lead devs in the bitcoin stamps ecosystem. He is the wizard behind the scenes, providing the code and backend tech to make all the minting magic happen.
Bitcoin (BTC) is a digital cryptocurrency designed to act as money and originally intended as a form of payment.
It was introduced to the public in 2009 by the anonymous developer – or group of developers – called Satoshi Nakamoto.
It has a pre-determined market cap of 21 million which can never be increased. Unlike fiat currencies, like dollars, euro or pesos, that governments can print endless amounts of.
Bitcoin utilises a decentralised ledger accounting system that is distributed and stored across multiple locations throughout the world.
It builds upon peer-to-peer technology to operate with no central authority or banks. Managing transactions and the issuing of bitcoins is carried out collectively by the network.
It is open-source – all code is public and verifiable – and it has never been hacked. Nobody owns or controls bitcoin, so everyone can participate and transact on the network.
Since its inception the bitcoin network and the amount of users has grown exponentially.
Bitcoin has evolved from cypherpunk subculture fringe to become a household name and mainstream darling.
Transforming into a store of value or speculative asset – within mainstream finance – and shapeshifting into a base layer for everything digitally innovative from DAO’s and De-Fi to NFT’s.
Bitcoin Stamps is an innovative protocol that makes it possible to store base64 formatted data on the bitcoin blockchain – specifically in unspent transaction outputs (UTXOs).
The data can be anything digital, but most stamps are small jpg, png or gif pixel images. Due to the costly nature of storing data in this way and the 7 – 8 Kb size restriction.
By etching the data directly in the bitcoin blockchain, stamps are true on-chain NFT’s – unlike Ethereum, Solana or similar blockchain NFT’s, that are mere image pointers, with the actual art stored off-chain.
The stamps data is preserved in such a manner, that it is impossible to prune from a bitcoin node – making stamps uncensorable and immutable forever.
There are two standards on the stamps protocol. SRC-20 being the original basic standard and SRC-721 offering composability and better scaling solutions.
SRC-721 is a stamps standard that enables the creation of advanced, multi-layer and high resolution composable NFTs, recursive libraries or templates.
The wordy digital print templates are css styled html documents that leverage SRC-721 recursive technology.
By referencing the on-chain data – the pre-stamped template – a minimal amount of code is needed to create a text based stamp (aka NFT).
Your poetry text or ascii art characters – along with the styling variables in the template editor that you change – are sent in a small json file to the template. Resulting in a light weight and affordable way of creating high resolution, fully scalable and visually appealing art.
get started
Wordy supports minting and buying via Leather, OKX and Unisat web3 browser wallets.
We are working on integration of StampWallet, StampedNinja and FreeWallet. Whilst exploring options for future support on Phantom and Xverse web wallets.
You need bitcoin – probably at least 100.000 sats – in your web wallet to transact (mint and buy) on the site.
If you don’t have any bitcoin yet, you may buy it on a centralised exchange (like Coinbase, Binance, Kraken or OKX) or via a non-custodial wallet, that has a payment provider integration (e.g. Exodus, Zengo, Phantom, Edge or Trust Wallet).
Alternatively you can buy bitcoin via RobinHood, PayPal, Revolut or similar bank solutions which offer exposure to crypto.
Once you have acquired bitcoin, you need to transfer it to your web wallet.
Your wallet provider or exchange should have details about how to withdraw and transfer your bitcoin.
The crypto space is abundant with grifters and scammers !
Be vigilant and exercise caution when interacting with someone you don’t know on social media.
Don’t click on links or buttons that you don’t know what do.
Never sign transactions that you haven’t read and understand the consequences of !
Never ever share your seed phrase or private keys with anyone !!!
We will not DM or contact you directly.
templates
The wordy digital print templates are pre-stamped html documents that are individually styled with css to make it easy for you to create awesome looking artistic text stamps.
We offer a variety of different designs – uniquely styled to suit your artistic expression.
Each template has a basic default styling whilst offering multiple user settings that effortlessly let you customise the design – with radio buttons, input fields, dropdown and colour selectors.
All templates let you choose a title for your stamp and add your name.
If nothing is personalised, the default text (shown in the editor’s input fields) will be added for author and the title.
The fewer settings you tweak – combined with the amount of characters in your text – the cheaper the mint price will be.
You can view the finished design layout of your stamp in the POP-UP PREVIEW.
A basic template ideal for poetry, memes, wordings, short form prose, simple ascii art or to display code.
With light or dark styling options and responsive text.
Predefined settings
format • the template displays text as pre-formatted text, enabling multiple whitespaces and line breaks – allows for the use of simple html code, letting you style words individually with italic and bold
position • the text is positioned top left on the canvas and aligned left
cursor • the cursor is hidden
Styling options
palette • light or dark styling – easily swap the text and background colours • default: light
title • name your writing • default: untitled
author • your name, @handle or writer pseudonym • default: anonymous
margin • choose between 3 different margin settings • default: 5%
font family • define the text font – either; serif, sans-serif or monospace • default: serif
font size • pick between 11 different text sizes – all responsive • default: 5vw
line height • set the space between lines • default: 1.2em
Tips
If you don’t give your writing a title, it will be named untitled.
The default author is anonymous – if you don’t sign it yourself.
You can use simple inline html code to style your text, e.g. <b>bold</b>, <i>italic</i>, <u>underline</u> or <code>lorem</code>.
When creating ascii art the font must be set to monospace.
The fewer editor user settings you change – the cheaper the mint.
Fun sticky note for scribblings, memes or word phrases.
Easy personalisation of the note paper and text – with a selection of preset colours for both.
Tilt the note slightly left or right – or keep it centred.
Tips
If you don’t give your sticky note a title and/or author name, the default values will be used.
The fewer editor settings you tweak – the cheaper the mint.
Predefined settings
format • a static pre-formatted text template that supports unicode characters and emojis
background colour • set to transparent
position • the sticky note is centred on the canvas and the background scales to fill the browser window
font family • scribble with a preset handwriting font
cursor • the cursor is not visible
Styling options
title • the title of your sticky note • default: STICKY NOTE
author • your name or pseudonym • default: ANON
paper colour • choose between pale red, blue, green or yellow paper • default: yellow
pen colour • set the color of the text, either; black, blue, red or green • default: black
font size • define the size of the text • default: 45px
line height • set the space between lines • default: 55px
text alignment • align the text to the left, centre or right • default: left
Responsive design for ascii art using pre-formatted text.
Choose between solid colour or two-tone gradient styling – for both background and text.
Tips
If no title or author is defined, the default values will be used.
You can input a hex colour value in the colour picker when styling the background canvas and font characters.
If you want a solid colour – instead of a two-tone gradient – set colour 1 and colour 2 to the same hex value.
The gradient angle is defined in degrees, spanning between 0 and 360, with the option of using negative values, e.g. -45.
Check that the angle number has that suffix deg, e.g. -45deg.
Make sure that there are no unnecessary blank spaces in the art – especially at the end of each line.
You pay sats for each character minted.
This also applies for how many characters your art is composed of and how much styling you do with the editor.
Predefined settings
format • artsy uses pre-formatted text, enabling multiple whitespaces and line breaks – without code – and supports unicode characters
position • the text characters are placed in the centre of the canvas and aligned left
Styling options
title • title of the artwork • default: UNTITLED
author • your name or artist pseudonym • default: ANONYMOUS
background colour • style the background with solid colour or gradient – using angle and two tones • default: 45deg/#000000/#555555
font family • choose between two monospace font variants – sans-serif or serif style • default: Menlo/Lucida
font size • define the size of the text characters • default: 1.5vw
font colour • colour the text using gradient angle and two colours • default: 45deg/#FFFFFF/#CCCCCC
font weight • choose the weight of the text characters • default: 400
line height • define the space between lines • default: 1.0em
cursor • show or hide the cursor • default: hidden
Responsive template for wordings, haiku, limericks or similar short form poetry.
With gradient colours for both text and background and multiple text styling possibilities.
Tips
If you don’t give your poem a title or sign yourself as the author, the pre-defined values will be used.
You can input a hex colour value in the colour picker when styling the background canvas and font characters.
If you want a solid colour – instead of a two-tone gradient – set colour 1 and colour 2 to the same hex value.
The gradient angle is defined in degrees, spanning between 0 and 360, with the option of using negative values, e.g. -45.
Make sure that the angle number has that suffix deg, e.g. -45deg.
Predefined settings
format • the template supports html5 and all browser built-in text features – it also accepts inline css code
position • the text is centred and placed in the middle of the canvas
Styling options
title • title of the poem • default: without tilte
author • your name or pseudonym • default: anonymous
background color • style the background with solid color or gradient, using angle and two tones • default: 0deg/#f8f8f8/#000000
font family • define your websafe font and font stack • default: Futura, ‘Trebuchet MS’, Arial, sans-serif
font size • choose the size of the text • default: 5vw
font color • colour the text using gradient angle and two colour tones • default: 0deg/#f8f8f8/#000000
font weight • customise the weight of the text • default: 700
line height • set the space between lines • default: 1.5em
cursor • choose to hide the cursor • default: hidden
Your writing, poetry or ascii art will look slightly different, depending on what device, operating system and browser you view it on.
The digital prints templates – and html in general – rely on the browsers inbuilt rendering machine and supported fonts. It is the browser that translates the code characters into visually appealing design.
The templates are designed to display as uniformly as possible, on all mayor browsers – Safari, Chrome, Firefox and Edge – using websafe fonts. Across all mayor operating systems – Windows, osX, chromeOS, Linux, iOS or Android.
Desktop operating systems offer the best font support, with osX being superior to Windows and Linux – and chromeOS the worst.
Apple iOS devices have the best mobile and tablet support of websafe fonts, with a decent in-built font library. Android is horrendous and only supports one serif, san-serif and monotype font family. This can cause some issues when defining your own font – in the poetry template – or using certain unicode characters and emojis.
The templates rely on websafe fonts – the default font families pre-installed on the device you view the art on.
The simpy, sticky and artsy templates use fonts that are supported by all modern browsers and operating systems.
This ensures that the digital prints will look – more or less – similar across all devices.
With the poetry template you are able to define your own font stack. This let’s you style your writing with a plethora of different fonts.
You are limited to websafe fonts and it’s recommended to use a font stack with a fallback system font, e.g. ‘Trebuchet MS’, Helvetica, sans-serif
To understand websafe fonts and font stacks better you can read more below.
mint
Your digital print is minted using the latest OLGA encoding tech – saving up to 50% compared to the classical way of minting stamps.
The predefined minting settings are:
locked • this makes it impossible to add to the amount of editions in the future • you can always burn or destroy some (or all) of your editions – but never add to them
non-divisible • doesn’t allow for fractional stamps
keyburn • using OLGA encoding, keyburn is no longer needed
asset number • your stamp will be assigned a random asset number
You can choose to mint your digital prints as a single 1/1 edition or in multiple editions.
We have set the maximum amount of editions allowed to 999.
If you really believe you need more, please meditate on it for a couple of days and then contact us. We can adjust it for you.
The fee rate determines how fast your digital print will be minted and delivered to your wallet.
Choose a rate – depending on your patience level – and click ESTIMATE.
You can see the calculated price estimate, which depends on the actual fees to transact on bitcoin.
If you choose a new fee rate, you’ll need to click again to recalculate the estimate.
A price estimate to mint your digital print in bitcoin (BTC) and dollar ($).
It’s based on fee rate you set and the current transaction fees.
We recommend you double check your digital print and view it in the POP-UP PREVIEW before minting.
Once your digital art print is ready, press MINT.
A pop-up window will ask you to confirm and sign the transaction with your wallet.
When this is done, your digital print will be broadcasted to the bitcoin network.
Depending on the fee rate, it will soon-ish be picked up by a miner and once confirmed, it will be sent to your wallet address.
You can monitor the progress of your mint transaction on a bitcoin explorer.
If there are any problems and you don’t receive your stamp, get in contact with us on telegram and we’ll sort it out !