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You’re on bitcoin and seeing the shielded ordinals all over your TL . I broke down the shielded protocol in this, so you get all the tea! The Shielded Protocol, is a Bitcoin L1 metaprotocol for private ownership of Ordinals. The Art is fully public (inscribed and viewable on any Ordinals explorer), but ownership, transfers, and holdings are private. It was created by @Ob1_Wan_Satoshi teased at the end of September 2026 and the first mint on October 1st. To trade privately,you’ll need a vault called the shielded vault. They are the key to private holdings. They are not a new Bitcoin address or extension wallet in the usual sense. And the address begins with “shord” - To get a shord address you connect your @xverse or @unisat_wallet on the official @OrdDropz site - go to vault click on it, sign to create a new one and you’ll see your address. Keys are generated in-browser and never leave your device. The same wallet signature always opens the same vault You can use it on your current device or on a phone. So whenever you mint a shielded ordinals collection it is held in your vault and not in your Xverse or unisat wallet as you’re used to. • You can also use the dedicated Shielded Vault wallet (menu on Ord Dropz → Shielded Vault) for full functionality: view pieces + traits, soft-staking/rewards, token balances, private sends, and later trading. Why is the first collection @ShieldedNaka hot? Art by @NOXtoshi It earns the first shielded rune SHNAKAS Runes Token It’s the “network coin” of the Shielded ecosystem and none will ever exist. • 21 million total. • Distribution: Issued every block to holders of unlisted Nakas for 78 weeks. • Every block a Naka is listed, its share of that block’s issuance is permanently skipped, never issued, never redistributed • The only token on the network. Future Shielded launches reserve limited GTD (guaranteed/priority mint) spots that are won by burning SHNAKAS (minimum burn; highest burns win when oversubscribed; unsuccessful burns can roll to the next launch. The first claim opens in a few days and my Chinese fam love it. So far there are 3 minted shielded ordinals Commemorative coin by @banknotes_btc and Trollbox by @strangersolemn and a few more upcoming. Don’t Trust Always Verify! Bad actors can always take advantage of any protocol so shield your sats too. Shields up baby!