Chat_133 - Bitcoin Development & Controversy with Antoine Poinsot

"People can use inscriptions today and they do use
them.
If on the one hand you believe that marginally raising the costs
to unwanted usage of the chain is going to succeed in
discouraging them, which, fair, we can discuss it. I disagree but
we can discuss it. On the other hand, you cannot say that, oh
well, making it four times four times more expensive is going to
incentivize them to do more of it. They are not compatible
arguments.
So the OP_RETURN is not an invitation. It's not a signal to VCs
or crypto or shitcoiners, because shitcoiners can already use the
witness data today for four times less."
~ Antoine Poinsot



What happens when strong opinions collide in the name of
Bitcoin’s future?


In this episode, I sit down with Bitcoin Core contributor Antoine
Poinsot to explore one of the most heated and misunderstood
technical debates in the space today — the controversy around
OP_RETURN, spam filtering, and the deeper cultural divide over
what Bitcoin should be.
Antoine reached out after and wanted the chance to present his
views on the OP_RETUN debate and respond to some of Bitcoin
Mechanic’s comments and criticisms from our Roundtable_009
episode. So I brought him on to make his case directly. We get
into inscriptions, BitVM, node policy, mining centralization, and
how to think clearly in a space full of noise and personal
attacks.


If you've felt lost in the drama, this is the calm, thoughtful
signal you’ve been waiting for.



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