# Fast & Easy BRC-20 Inscription Guide with Leather
### Important Note Regarding BRC-20 👇🏻
* It's not the same as ERC-20.
* There are two states for BRC-20 Tokens: **Balance** and **Transferable**.
* You cannot **SEND** your tokens directly from your **Balance**.
* You need to **Inscribe** a **Transfer**, and you must **Specify** the **Amount**.
* The Inscription must be **Valid**.
### Here’s how to Make a Transfer Inscription
* First, on your Leather extension, click '**Send**'.
* Then, click on the **BRC-20 tokens** that you wish to send.
* Enter the **Amount** you wish to send.
* Select the **Fee Options** that you wish to pay. There's no need to input a custom fee as we have calculated the most optimum amount that saves you the most money.
* Review the inscription and payment transaction fee. If everything looks good, click '**Create Transfer Inscription**'.
* Once you click that, you will see '**Creating Transfer Inscription**' with a clickable link that says '**Pending BRC-20 Transfers**'.
* Then, just wait until the transaction is completed on the blockchain. You can see the pending BRC-20 transaction in the **Leather Balance Page**, located right below your wallet balance (just scroll down).
* Once it is completed, the orange dot (not clickable) will become green, which is clickable.
* Just click on it, and you will see the **Inscription Number** with the option to paste your recipient's address.
**Note:** Visual guidance is available below.
### 👇 For ALEX BRC-20 Orderbook, Follow this 👇
* Once you have the **Inscription Number (Transfer) with ‘Ready to Transfer’ state.**
* Head into the [**ALEX BRC-20 Orderbook**](https://app.alexlab.co/orderbook/DB20-USD).
* Click on '**Deposit**'.
* Click '**Peg-in BRC-20 from BTC Chain**', then click '**Submit "transfer inscription ID" request**'.
* In the '**Submit Inscription ID'** field, ensure you select the precise amount of token and enter the exact quantity of your **Transfer Inscription** (in our example, this is **5,000 SATS** with the **Inscription Number** of **10856940**).
* Then, click '**Submit Transfer Inscription ID**' and wait for the transaction to complete.
* Once the transaction is complete, you should be able to view your **Recent History** within Step 3 of the ALEX UI titled '**Send your BRC-20 to Peg-in address'**.
* If the **Status** displays '**Request Received'**, copy the '**Peg-in address'** and proceed to your Leather. If the status reads '**Rejected'**, you will not be provided with the '**Peg-in address'**.
* Click on the **5,000 SATS** with **Green Dot** and send the Ordinal Inscription (in this case, **10856940**) to that address. Occasionally, you may encounter errors such as "Unable to establish if UTXO has multiple inscriptions". If this happens, simply wait for a short while before proceeding.
* Wait until the transaction is fully completed and confirmed. Once this is accomplished, you should have 5,000 SATS available in your BRC-20 Orderbook.
### How to Verify your Inscription (Valid or Invalid)
* To do so, visit **Ordiscan** here: [https://ordiscan.com/](https://ordiscan.com/**).
* Paste your **Taproot Address**, and you should see your **Inscriptions** within your **Taproot Address**.
* Make sure your Inscription has a **Green Dot** instead of Red.
* If it's **RED**, click on it to find out why.
* If it's GREEN, it should display as **Verified**.
* Only share the **Inscription Number** of **Valid** **Inscriptions**, not the **Invalid** ones.
### Visuals for Reference 👇
**Always remember, there are always two states:**
1. **Balance**
2. **Transferable**
**AND,**
1. **Valid**
2. **Invalid**
The Balance appears in your Hiro wallet like any other token balance, but you cannot directly send them. On the other hand, Transferable acts like a '**Promissory Note**', indicating that you're planning to send those tokens.
Remember, whenever you're inscribing your BRC-20, you MUST inscribe into your address, not your recipient's.
You would then send that '**Promissory Note**', which acts like an Ordinal transaction or Transfer inscription, to your recipient.
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