# Mint

<table><thead><tr><th width="113">Key</th><th width="131.33333333333331">Required</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>p</td><td>yes</td><td><p>Protocol: <em><code>orc-20</code></em> or <em><code>orc20</code></em> <strong>case-insensitive.</strong> </p><p>For wider adoption, any ordinal tokens supporting ORC-20 implementation (like src-20, xrc-20, including wrapped BRC-20) can be included.</p></td></tr><tr><td>tick</td><td>yes</td><td>Ticker: symbol of ORC-20 in any size, eg. ORC = orc</td></tr><tr><td>id</td><td>yes</td><td><p>Identifier: inscription number.</p><p><strong>Subsequent operations must use inscription number.</strong></p><p>eg. initial ORC-20 deployment doesn't require id; but you must specify inscription number of the deployment for subsequent mint, send, migration, and upgrade.</p></td></tr><tr><td>op</td><td>yes</td><td>Operation: <em><code>mint</code></em> event, specify type of event, eg. deploy, mint, send, cancel</td></tr><tr><td>amt</td><td>yes</td><td>Mint Amount: specify the amount to mint, cannot exceed the mint limit set in deploy event</td></tr><tr><td>msg</td><td>no</td><td>Message: custom text, message, manifesto in any size</td></tr></tbody></table>

**Example:** Mining ORC-20 tokens with ticker `orc`, identifier `2504160` (Deploy ID Inscription #2504160), the amount to be minted is `10000` (this amount cannot exceed the limit per minting `lim`)

```
{ 
  "p": "orc-20",
  "tick": "orc",
  "id": "2504160",
  "op": "mint",
  "amt": "10000"
}
```