French Montana makes history by inscribing 'Bag Curious' into Bitcoin, marking a monumental moment in music and crypto.
French Montana, known as the top-streaming African-born artist with more than 40 billion streams, has made a groundbreaking move in the music and crypto domains by becoming the pioneer mainstream artist to embed an entire song into the Bitcoin blockchain. The declaration, disclosed via the Mac & Cheese 5 profile on X (formerly Twitter) on March 14, presents “Bag Curious,” a concealed track from the Mac & Cheese 5 album now eternally ingrained into the world’s most secure decentralized system through Bitcoin’s Proof of Work.
The Mac & Cheese 5 profile outlined the procedure, stating, “An unreleased track by French Montana titled ‘Bag Curious,’ has been embedded into Bitcoin, marking him as the first mainstream artist to embed a complete song into the most robust cloud system, which is powered by Proof of Work. This advancement is immutable and incapable of being censored, signifying a historic milestone.”
French Montana Makes Bitcoin History
The significance of this occurrence is magnified by the fact that the MP4 file of “Bag Curious” filled an entire BTC block, a feat emphasized by French Montana himself: “Launched the freshest music ordinal out there! Snagged an entire block from Marathon Digital all with that Ordinalsbot sorcery. Our legacy on Bitcoin forever with #brc420 today for anyone to own history!”
This embedding has been hailed as the third-largest Ordinal embedding ever, a remarkable accomplishment that highlights the innovative utilization of the Ordinals protocol for purposes beyond financial transactions. The Ordinals profile, Ord.io, acknowledged the milestone on X: “BREAKING: French Montana just dropped his newest song Bag Curious by embedding it into Bitcoin in the third largest Ordinal embedding ever!”
The embedding is numbered 64333690, has a size of 3.956 megabyte, and fills the entire block #834,618.
Prior to the release, the excitement and anticipation from the community were tangible, with the Mac & Cheese 5 profile unveiling, “Incredible, we’ve hit 50,000 comments! It’s evident from the community’s response that the Mac and Cheese 5 #PFPS are poised for immense success! Bitcoin #Ordinals is the sole place French Montana desires to be. Embedded forever! No need for AWS.”
Furthermore, the collaborative effort with Ord.io was spotlighted as a crucial element of the project’s triumph, turning the embedding process into an innovative and thrilling venture. “A massive shoutout to Leonidas of Ord.io and the team at http://Ord.io. Their remarkable platform transformed what could have been a routine embedding into something exhilarating,” the Mac & Cheese 5 profile commended, echoing the artist’s sentiment, “Leon, you make Bitcoin fun @LeonidasNFT.”
The pioneering nature of this embedding not only demonstrates French Montana’s innovative approach to music dissemination but also cements Ordinals as a viable platform for artists seeking immutable, censorship-resistant methods to share their creations. As Bitcoin continues to advance and intersect with various sectors, this historic moment signifies a significant stride forward in exploring new frontiers of digital content ownership and distribution.
At press time, BTC traded at $71,563.
