given that the information about Ordinal tokens/NFTs is available publicly somewhere, do we have a BTC value for how much this has cost?

I say this because it might help to put this all in perspective. If someone out there is losing money to the tune of > 1BTC on this nonsense thus far, I think we can safely say they will not continue to do so for long.

I didn't read the whole thread, do we know some kind of net figure for BRC-20 and it's fellow apparitions?