Taproot Wizards Delays 'Quantum Cats' for 3rd Time as Mint Site Gets Fixed, Tested
The Bitcoin Ordinals project Taproot Wizards has delayed the minting of its "Quantum Cats" collection for the third time due to technical issues. The sale of the NFT-like digital art series, which includes 3,000 cats at a fixed price of 0.1 BTC each, could potentially raise about $12 million. Taproot Wizards stated that it underestimated the demand for Quantum Cats and needs more time for additional testing to ensure no further bugs are discovered on mint day. The Bitcoin Ordinals protocol, introduced a year ago, allows NFTs to be minted and stored on Bitcoin's blockchain, similar to other chains like Ethereum. However, some Bitcoin purists argue that Ordinals creates unnecessary congestion on the network and distracts from Bitcoin's original mission as a peer-to-peer payments network.
