# 3D Ordi

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### Project Overview

* **Project Name:** 3D Ordi
* **Industry:** Creator Economy
* **Founded:** 2025
* **Website:** <https://3dordi.io>
* **Activity Feed:** <https://3dordi.io/activity>

### Executive Summary

3D Ordi is the most complete and accessible platform for managing Ordinals on the BSV blockchain. More than a marketplace, it offers a unified ecosystem where the user's wallet simultaneously functions as a block explorer and trading platform, enabling real on-chain interactions through micropayments. Created in 2025, the platform has grown to approximately 150 registered users, sustains over 2,000 monthly transactions, and recorded 651 purchases and 200.047 BSV in commercial transaction volume in a single representative month.

### Business Challenge

**Industry Problem:**

The creator economy lacks tools for digital artists to meaningfully monetise social interaction with their audience. Existing platforms rely on advertising revenue or one-off NFT speculation rather than enabling direct, recurring income from genuine engagement between creators and fans.

**Problem Statement:**

The utility of NFTs as a tool for creators has been limited by the dominance of speculation on NFT collectibles as the primary — and often sole — source of income. This leaves creators exposed to market volatility and dependent on secondary sale royalties that are frequently unenforced across other platforms.

**Legacy System Limitations:**

Traditional platforms do not provide mechanisms for the easy creating of blockchain-based collection - centralizing this process instead - nor of mechanisms.

**Regulatory Considerations:**

* Asset classification: NFTs are positioned as digital collectibles or utility tokens rather than financial securities, in order to avoid triggering the Howey Test criteria in the US or equivalent frameworks such as MiCA in the EU.
* Intellectual property rights: The platform clearly defines the transfer of usage rights versus ownership, and ensures automated royalty enforcement complies with regional digital commerce laws.
* Consumer protection: Transparency in fees, risks, and terms of service is maintained to align with global consumer financial protection standards.

### Why BSV Blockchain?

BSV was selected for its high data capacity, low transaction fees, and confirmation speed — the three properties directly required to support large-file NFT inscription (up to 20MB), real-time social micropayments, and a smooth user experience at scale. BSV's cost-effectiveness enables micro-fee social and creative functions that are not economically viable on other blockchain networks.

**BSV Features and Their Application:**

| BSV Feature                      | Application in 3D Ordi                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| -------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Data inscription (1sat Ordinals) | High-scale file inscriptions up to 20MB — supporting 3D models, video, audio, and PDFs with minimal fees per MB. Enables frictionless collection creation with three optimised inscription tiers.                |
| Micropayments                    | Multiple-output transactions power paid social interactions — likes, follows, and messages — generating instant, direct, and verifiable revenue for creators.                                                    |
| Smart contracts                  | Used to list NFTs for sale and process purchases, with royalty percentages (5%, 10%, 15%, or 20%) automatically enforced on all secondary sales and transfers of NFTs.                                           |
| Overlay Networks (MAP protocol)  | MAP protocol handles on-chain messaging between users, identifying and tagging each type of transaction generated from the application.                                                                          |
| Data storage                     | On-chain storage of NFT content and transaction metadata via the Gorilla Pool Ordinals API and WoC broadcasting.                                                                                                 |
| SPV                              | Supports client-side transaction signing via AES-GCM encrypted keys, enabling a fully non-custodial wallet. Additionally, it features an integrated wallet to facilitate user-to-user payments or NFT transfers. |
| Tokenization                     | 1sat Ordinals represent digital assets across a wide range of formats: images, video, audio, 3D models, HTML, and documents.                                                                                     |

### Solution Architecture

**Strategic Pillars:**

3D Ordi is built on three differentiating pillars that distinguish it from conventional NFT marketplaces:

* Operational simplicity: Full integration between wallet, Ordinals, and marketplace in a single interface, eliminating the need for external tools. One-click setup removes technical barriers for both creators and collectors.
* On-chain interaction: Every social action — likes, follows, messages — is a real blockchain transaction, guaranteeing transparency and direct financial benefit to creators.

**The Ordi Wallet:**

The Ordi Wallet is the core of the user experience, combining fund management, asset navigation, and social interaction in one interface:

* Integrated NFT explorer: View personal portfolio and browse any BSV address in read-only mode.
* Balance display in BSV and USD in real time.
* Detailed UTXO control and client-side transaction signing.
* Export transaction history to CSV and Excel formats.
* AES-GCM encryption for private keys with mnemonic phrase recovery.
* Send BSV using usernames, with an encrypted address book.

**Social Monetisation Model:**

Creators earn directly from every genuine social interaction on the platform. Payments are instant, on-chain, and verifiable — eliminating bots and fake engagement:

| Social Action                                                                  | Creator Earns | Service Fee | Total Cost |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------- | ----------- | ---------- |
| Like                                                                           | $0.10         | $0.01       | $0.11      |
| Follow                                                                         | $0.25         | $0.02       | $0.27      |
| Public messages attached to the NFTs. as a mechanism for the consumer's voice. | $0.15         | $0.02       | $0.17      |

**NFT Inscription Tiers:**

The platform offers three optimised inscription categories to suit different content types:

| Inscription Type   | Cost      | Ideal Use                                  |
| ------------------ | --------- | ------------------------------------------ |
| Simple Inscription | 0.025¢/KB | Individual pieces and miscellaneous files. |
| Collection Cover   | 0.020¢/KB | Branding and collection header metadata.   |
| Collection Item    | 0.015¢/KB | Series with automatic traits support.      |

**Marketplace Operations:**

* Listing: 1¢ plus network fee. Prices set in BSV with USD display.
* Purchase: 5% service fee on the sale price, with automatic royalty distribution.
* Royalties: Creators configure fixed percentages (5%, 10%, 15%, or 20%) applied permanently on every resale.
* Transfer and burn: Supports complex scripts and permanent, verifiable on-chain unlinking with MAP metadata.

**Supported File Formats:**

* Images and animation: JPG, PNG, GIF, SVG.
* Video: MP4, WebM, MOV.
* Audio: MP3, WAV, OGG.
* 3D models: GLB, GLTF, OBJ — with interactive viewer and Augmented Reality (AR) support on mobile devices.
* Interactive: HTML Ordinals executed in a secure sandbox environment.
* Documents: PDF, TXT, JSON.

**Connectivity and Discovery:**

* Real-time notifications: Instant alerts for sales, purchases, likes, follows, and messages every 30 seconds.
* Social sharing: Direct links and QR codes optimised for X (Twitter), WhatsApp, and Telegram.
* Smart filtering: Search by content type, file format, listing status and sorty by price low to high, and collections verified via the Sigma protocol.
* Activity feed: Public real-time metrics and trend charts accessible to all users.

**Technology Stack:**

* Gorilla Pool Ordinals API for NFT indexing and content retrieval.
* Transaction broadcasting via WoC (WhatsOnChain).
* Client-side transaction signing for non-custodial security.
* Web BSV wallet using BSV SDK library.
* Replit AI Agents for platform development and internal database engineering.
* 1sat Ordinals open-source libraries combined with BSV SDKs.

### Implementation Process

**Development Timeline:**

* Phase 1 (Q1): View-only platform for NFT collections on 1sat Ordinals.
* Phase 2 (Q2): Write transactions for data inscription and marketplace action buttons (list, unlist, buy).
* Phase 3 (Q3): Social media micropayment functionalities — paid likes, follows, messages, and monthly activity statistics.

Each phase was developed over approximately one quarter.

**Funding and Partnerships:**

* Self-funded development.
* Integration with TreeChat for content viewing.
* Shared NFT marketplace with Zoide and 1Sat.market websites.
* Additional strategic partnerships currently being pursued.

### Outcomes & Business Impact

**Platform Metrics:**

The following figures are drawn from a representative monthly activity period:

| Metric                             | Result             |
| ---------------------------------- | ------------------ |
| Registered users                   | \~150 (worldwide)  |
| Monthly active users               | \~70               |
| Monthly transactions               | 2,000+ (Q1 2026)   |
| Purchases (monthly sample)         | 651                |
| Commercial transaction volume      | 200.047 BSV        |
| Collection inscriptions            | 1,319 (17.690 BSV) |
| Active listings                    | 2,720              |
| Likes processed on-chain           | 2,601 (13.861 BSV) |
| New follows (monthly sample)       | 59                 |
| Public messages processed on-chain | 64                 |
| Monthly Data Inscribed             | \~1GB              |

**Note:**

* Statistics taken from transactions tagged by WoC during March 2026.
* Live activity statistics are available at <https://3dordi.io/activity>.

**Recognition:**

* Featured in two CoinGeek articles: coverage of the full-featured NFT platform and a feature on SteganOrdinals.
* Featured on TreeChat: <https://app.treechat.com/quest/ca6bf867-a1d6-4c9a-be14-2099c3c87bd0>

### Challenges & Lessons Learned

**Challenges:**

* Learning to utilise AI tools for low-cost web app development.
* Exploring the compatibility of 1sat Ordinals open-source libraries in combination with BSV SDKs.
* Proper management of UTXOs in non-custodial wallets for the sequential construction of transactions.
* Utilising an external indexer to read NFT content in order to reduce data load on the platform's own backend.

**Lessons Learned:**

* AI-assisted development is a viable approach for lean, self-funded projects building on BSV.
* Relying on an external indexer (Gorilla Pool) rather than self-hosting NFT content significantly reduces infrastructure overhead.

### Future Vision

**New Features:**

* Tangible utility: Automatic conversion of pixel art into 3D models, with a path to physical collectibles via 3D printing — giving digital assets real-world utility beyond screen display.
* Paymail integration for simplified payment addressing.
* Batch NFT minting.
* Private NFT features.
* Private Messages attached to NFTs
* AI-driven 2D-to-3D conversion of NFTs.
* Integrated 3D printing service to convert digital assets into physical collectibles.

**Scaling and Ecosystem Strategy:**

* Acquire new users and expand NFT utility through 3D model conversion and physical merchandise.

The platform is positioned as a case study of how an on-chain creator economy can grow, integrate with compatible platforms, or generate white-label strategies to expand product adoption.

### About 3D Ordi

3D Ordi is a self-funded Web3 creator platform built on the BSV blockchain by Jorge E. Pelaez, BSV Association Ambassador for Colombia,. For enquiries or to explore partnership opportunities, visit <https://3dordi.io> or contact <admin@3dordi.io>.
