24 sats \ 2 replies \ @kepford 21 Apr \ on: Thoughts on ordinals and runes (probably not popular, but thoughts) bitcoin
Sovereignty & permissionless doesn't mean everyone has to like, encourage, and embrace what others do. We all have preferences. Humans use shame and mockery to discourage behavior they don't like. I know what you are saying but words can't stop miners from including transactions I don't like. The incentive structure of bitcoin works well.
I don't like this NFT nonsense personally but I don't lose any sleep over it. If I did like it I wouldn't get to upset that others didn't like it. After all there are way more people that hate bitcoin than bitcoiners that hate NFTs. We better have thick skin and deep conviction. I think many of us see bitcoin as something with much higher importance than monkey pics. That's the rub.
The longer I'm around bitcoiners the more I see the same human patterns present in all subcultures. There are no bitcoin culture problems that are unique to bitcoin.
Proof of work was originally intended to incur sufficient cost to email spammers that their business model broke. Back's Proof of work was referenced in the Bitcoin white paper. Now we have people complaining that Bitcoin is being clogged up by spammers. Well, yes, I understand but it's a free market and if they pay the fees, they get in the block. Simple as that really.