Chat2Ord

img inscribed from chatbox
ai generating inscription transaction
success!! transaction details
me asking AI to generate an ordinal with an img

Inspiration

We were inspired by the growing interest in Bitcoin ordinals, the need for user-friendly wallet automation, and the potential of AI assistants like Claude to make blockchain technology more accessible. We wanted to create a bridge between advanced Bitcoin Core features and natural language interfaces, enabling anyone to interact with the Bitcoin network and ordinals using simple chat commands.

What it does

Chat2Ord is an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that connects Bitcoin Core and the ordinals protocol to AI chatbots like Claude. It allows users to:

Query blockchain data (blocks, fees, network info)
Check wallet balances and transaction history
Send Bitcoin with fee confirmation and safety prompts
Inscribe text or images as ordinals, with dry-run fee estimation and confirmation
Upload and compress images for ordinal inscriptions All of this is accessible through natural language chat, making advanced Bitcoin operations as easy as chatting with an AI.

How we built it

This project is built using Python. We created a custom MCP server that wraps Bitcoin Core's bitcoin-cli and the ord tool for ordinals. The server exposes a set of tools (APIs) for blockchain queries, wallet operations, and ordinal inscriptions. We connected the MCP server to Claude Desktop, allowing users to interact with their Bitcoin node and wallet through a conversational interface. The chatbox we used was Claude.

Challenges we ran into

Integrating with Bitcoin Core and handling its various RPC quirks
Ensuring safe wallet operations (e.g., always prompting for confirmation before sending funds or inscribing)
Handling image uploads, validation, and compression for ordinal inscriptions
Making the server robust to errors and providing clear feedback to users
Ensuring cross-platform compatibility (Windows, Linux, macOS)

Accomplishments that we're proud of

Seamless integration between Bitcoin Core, ordinals, and an AI chat interface
User-friendly, confirmation-based workflow for sending Bitcoin and inscribing ordinals
Support for both text and image inscriptions, including automatic image compression
Making advanced Bitcoin features accessible to non-technical users via chat

What we learned

The importance of user safety and clear confirmations in wallet automation
How to bridge traditional command-line tools with modern AI interfaces
Best practices for error handling and user feedback in conversational agents
The technical details of Bitcoin ordinals and the challenges of image handling on-chain