Structural Fidelity
That structural fidelity makes it ideal for long-term archival and scholarly work: researchers can analyze, transpose, or render multiple interpretations while preserving the composition's original architecture.
Immortal Music,
On the Bitcoin Blockchain
Immortalize intent. Not a recording — the score itself, engraved on Bitcoin.
Bithoven marries archival rigor with artistic reverence: lightweight MIDI inscriptions on Bitcoin Ordinals preserve compositional structure forever, verifiable on-chain and discoverable by anyone. Designed for collectors, institutions, and scholars who value permanence, provenance, and purity of musical intent.
Why MIDI?
MIDI is the composer's score reborn for the digital age — compact, precise, and unambiguous. Unlike audio recordings that capture a single performance, MIDI encodes the written intent: pitch, duration, dynamics, tempo changes, articulations.
Cost-Efficient Archival
Files are tiny, reducing inscription cost and enabling broad on-chain distribution without compromising permanence. For institutions and investors, this means lower barrier to entry, predictable ledger footprint, and durable asset provenance.
Infinite Adaptability
MIDI interoperates with notation software, digital audio workstations, score readers, and performance engines. A single on-chain MIDI can seed academic editions, scholarly annotations, new performances, and immersive reimaginings.
Future-Proof Standard
No proprietary codecs, no licensing gates, no obsolescence baked into the format. Inscribing MIDI on Bitcoin means compositional intent is publicly accessible, cryptographically anchored, and decoupled from any single vendor.
Why On‑Chain (Ordinals)
Censorship Resistant
Immutable Ledger
Verifiable Provenance
Permanence as a Financial and Cultural Asset
Storing MIDI on Bitcoin Ordinals is not nostalgia — it is risk management. Financially, permanence reduces custody complexity and systemic counterparty risk: an inscription endures as long as Bitcoin does.
Cryptographic Provenance
Ordinals embed data into individual satoshis, linking a musical artifact to the most censorship-resistant ledger in existence. Ownership and provenance are provable on‑chain: a clear ledger history replaces opaque rights ledgers and fragile metadata.
Economically Viable Preservation
MIDI's compactness makes permanent inscription economically viable. Low storage cost per work means institutions can preserve large collections without perpetual hosting fees. From a fiduciary perspective, lower recurring costs and a single cryptographic anchor for each item simplify stewardship.
Public Ledger, Private Trust
Ordinals marry open cultural access with private ownership. The data is accessible to all; ownership accrues to a wallet. That duality supports public mission institutions while enabling market mechanisms and custodial services to develop around these assets.
Roadmap & Accessibility
Bithoven pairs artistic ambition with institutional-grade delivery. Our roadmap is designed for scholars, collectors, and cultural institutions who require clear timelines, audited processes, and predictable access to on-chain assets.
Q3 2025
Public Inscription Ledger
A transparent, searchable ledger of every MIDI inscription, indexed by composer, work, movement, and ordinal ID. Designed for provenance checks, academic citation, and financial auditability. Ledger data will be exportable in CSV and machine-readable formats for research and compliance.
Q4 2025
Downloadable Archive
A curated, verifiable archive of inscribed MIDIs available for bulk download. Each file will include embedded provenance metadata and cryptographic verification tools so libraries and institutions can store, re-host, or analyze compositions with confidence.
Q1 2026
Collector Editions & Wallet Integration
A premium offering of limited collector satoshis with enhanced provenance proofs and optional custodial or self-custody pathways. Native integration with leading Bitcoin wallets and custodians to simplify acquisition, ownership transfer, and reconciliation for institutional ledgers.
Q2 2026
Composer Timelines & Digital Libraries
Rich, curated composer pages linking inscribed works to scholarly notes, historical context, and editorial metadata. Timelines will support citation-ready exports, API access for academic platforms, and rights-clearance notes where applicable.
Ownership & Access
Cryptographic Ownership
On-chain ownership is cryptographic, transparent, and simple: each MIDI inscription lives as data on a single satoshi. The private key that controls the satoshi is the verifiable owner. Ownership transfers occur through standard Bitcoin transactions—no intermediaries, no accounts to unlock, and no platform-controlled escrow.
Discoverability & Public Access
Every inscription is indexed by Ordinals metadata and discoverable via the public ledger and our searchable registry. Anyone may view, download, and study an inscribed MIDI file; access is permissionless by design. Ownership and provenance, however, are provable: transaction history and satoshi provenance are on-chain immutably.
Rights & Licensing
Bithoven preserves and inscribes digital representations of musical works—MIDI encodings of compositions. Inscription ownership confers control of the tokenized satoshi and associated on-chain metadata, not automatic copyright assignment. Creative commons or licensing details are embedded in the inscription metadata and clearly displayed in the registry.
Institutional Custody Solutions
While files are public, advanced custodial and access solutions are available for institutions seeking tailored workflows—secure multi-signature holding, legal escrow, proof-of-ownership reporting, and archival-grade export formats. Our enterprise integrations follow best-practice financial custody and compliance standards.