BRC420 Gitbook
BRC-420 is a fun experiment that defines more complex asset formats through recursion, such as game items, animations and effects, or gameplay modules in metaverses. These formats will be fully open-source, allowing anyone to create their own "metaverse inscriptions." In later chapters, we will showcase 2D, 3D, and other inscription formats, and ensure that more gaming platforms and game engines can support them.
Additionally, BRC-420 establishes a binding relationship between usage rights and royalties on the basis of a single inscription. When you own an inscription, you can distribute its usage rights and set a price for them. "Usage rights" can be understood as the permission for other users to use your music, models, scripts, gameplay, etc., in Ordinals Space. It can also be interpreted as purchasing certain privileges, such as joining your organization or club.
BRC-420 opens up possibilities for Ordinals' On-chain Gaming and Modular Blockchain. Different creators can contribute different modules, and new creators can innovate upon the innovations of their predecessors. This leads to a surge of various innovations within the Ordinals ecosystem, benefiting everyone involved.
In the world of Web3, all games are fragmented and incompatible with each other. This leads to a situation where, once a user purchases a game asset, the asset becomes worthless when the game's life cycle comes to an end. While the asset still exists on the blockchain, it no longer holds any value. Some might merely become images for viewing pleasure, while others could turn into meaningless strings of code.
What the Web3 metaverse urgently needs is a universal protocol that defines and sets a common asset that everyone can use. Achieved through consensus, this protocol would be adhered to by various game developers and application creators. In this way, ownership of such an asset becomes a permanent resource in the Web3 world, much like owning a car allows you to travel anywhere. If you own an avatar, you can appear in any virtual world. Even if a particular game ceases to exist one day, the asset you own will continue to exist in other metaverses indefinitely.
The basic asset inscription primarily consists of three parts: