Ordinals founder: Currently, all Runes protocols are unrelated to me

ChainCatcher message, Ordinals founder Casey stated regarding the legitimacy of Rune Alpha: "I have no association with it, and when the (official) Runes are released, these Runes will not be retroactively recognized."

Earlier in September, Cointelegraph reported that Ordinals founder Casey Rodarmor proposed a new protocol called Runes based on the Bitcoin network as a potential alternative to BRC20.