With all the pain and cope in the Ordinals ecosystem lately, I needed *immediate* answers. That’s why I called up Beezy – former Galaxy researcher and walking Ordinals encyclopedia – to tell me why Ordinals needs a defibrillator to “kind of bring it back to life.”In this episode, we chat about: Why Runes are on life support How Runes were never optimized to be useful Why we should ditch Runes and return to Ordinals What made Ordinals special, and what to refocus on The role of KOLs in the Ordinals space This episode is powered by Best In Slot—the leading API for Ordinals and BRC20 data aggregation and indexing. As always, YouTube + Spotify links in bio linktree.   TIMESTAMPS:-0:00 - Intro 1:20 - What went wrong with Ordinals?? 5:40 - Poor Runes design decisions 8:55 - Runes wasn’t meant to be optimal 10:55 - Why did everyone drink the Runes Kool-Aid? 13:20 - Nobody expected BRC-20s; Everyone expected Runes 16:00 - Time for builders to start attacking Runes 19:00 - Can a CEX listing really revive Runes? 22:52 - The catalyst after BRC-20s: Node Monks and Puppets? 24:20 - Runes destroyed the show for Bitcoin tokens 26:10 - Memecoins and tokens are *not* Bitcoin’s strength 27:00 - Forget Runes: It’s time to refocus on Ordinals 31:20 - Reviving Ordinals: Pushing for cold-storage solutions 33:50 - Digital art frames 34:50 - More Ordinals wallet choices 37:20 - Should Ordinals return to focusing on art? 39:00 - “Living art” on Bitcoin 41:30 - Profile pics vs Fine art on Bitcoin 44:18 - Will the early inscriptions meta make a comeback? 46:30 - We need platforms for Bitcoin art 50:15 - How does Ordinals gain institutional adoption? 52:30 - What happened to Casa’s Ordinals support? 56:00 - Bitcoin NFT performance vs other chains 58:00 - Let’s get back to having fun with Ordinals 1:00:00 - What is the role of KOLs in Ordinals? 1:02:00 - There are no unbiased KOLs 1:03:20 -  NFT media platforms should cover Ordinals more 1:06:00 - Less copium, less hopium https://x.com/bitcoinbeezy LISTEN / SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST: › YouTube:    / @bitcoinrails   › X/Twitter:https://x.com/isabelfoxenduke  › Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/5uPrBxvD691TpTqjijudkO?si=571634b88d574911 CONNECT WITH ISABEL: › Email: bitcoinrails@gmail.com › LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/isabel-foxen-duke-87272423/  › X/Twitter:https://x.com/isabelfoxenduke Bitcoin #Ordinals #BRC20 #Runes #BitVM #zkp