On March 28, Casey Rodarmor, founder of the Bitcoin NFT protocol Ordinals, released an introduction to Runes. Rune protocol messages are called Runestones and are stored in the Bitcoin transaction output. Runes are created by etching. Etching creates a rune and sets its properties. Once set, these properties are immutable, which makes Runestones hot again. Related reading: "Interpretation of the recent popularity of Runestone, what does it have to do with the Runes Agreement?" 》