{"id":9616,"date":"2024-01-08T15:39:45","date_gmt":"2024-01-08T13:39:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/bitcoin-developers-reject-proposal-to-block-ordinals\/"},"modified":"2024-01-08T15:39:45","modified_gmt":"2024-01-08T13:39:45","slug":"bitcoin-developers-reject-proposal-to-block-ordinals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/bitcoin-developers-reject-proposal-to-block-ordinals\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin Developers Reject Proposal to Block Ordinals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Luke Dashjr, a member of the Bitcoin Core team, proposed a code change to block Ordinals, but it failed to gain sufficient support from developers.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: BITCOIN DEVS REJECT CAT-EATER <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LukeDashjr?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@LUKEDASHJR<\/a>\u2019S \u201cBUG FIX\u201d TO BAN ORDINALS; SAY HIS ATTEMPT \u201cHAS NO HOPE\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Aeb8PivcUV\">pic.twitter.com\/Aeb8PivcUV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Udi Wertheimer (@udiWertheimer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/udiWertheimer\/status\/1743623508754670028?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 6, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Concluding the meeting, Blockstream engineer Ava Chow noted that the proposal was contentious and discussions had reached an impasse.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cAt this point, there is no hope of reaching a conclusion acceptable to all,\u201d she stated.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>She believes there is no reason to continue exchanging messages in a \u201cdead-end discussion.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cBitcoin developers reject Dash\u2019s \u2018bug fix\u2019 to ban Ordinals. Tell him the attempt is \u2018hopeless\u2019,\u201d commented well-known protocol advocate Udi Wertheimer.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Previously, Dash criticized Ordinals for spreading spam on the network. He argues that the inscriptions issued on the protocol exploit a vulnerability in Bitcoin Core that needs to be \u201cfixed.\u201d His stance sparked lively debate and a wave of criticism.<\/p>\n<p>The developer stated that his team began addressing the bug in the Bitcoin Knots v25.1 update, aiming for complete resolution by version v27 in 2025. The solution involves filtering Taproot transactions to block Ordinals and BRC-20 tokens.<\/p>\n<p>Dash\u2019s position was supported by colleagues William Casarin and Jimmy Song. The latter described the protocol as a fraudulent mechanism for executing Pump &#038; Dump schemes with altcoins. According to Song, scammers find it harder to deceive users by issuing tokens on blockchains like Ethereum or Solana. Bitcoin-based assets inspire more trust, the developer believes.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Altcoin Redux<\/p>\n<p>In a way, the ordinals scam is an excellent sign. Altcoins have long been associated with Bitcoin through the moniker of &#8220;crypto&#8221; and have used Bitcoin&#8217;s good name to scam people through pump and dumps.<\/p>\n<p>But as we&#8217;ve seen, this narrative is no longer what it used\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jimmy Song (\uc1a1\uc7ac\uc900) (@jimmysong) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jimmysong\/status\/1741616345014219203?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 1, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Dash and Jack Dorsey&#8217;s decentralized Bitcoin mining pool, Ocean, has left the decision on censoring non-financial transactions, such as the issuance of Ordinals inscriptions, to its users.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Luke Dashjr, a member of the Bitcoin Core team, proposed a code change to block Ordinals, but it failed to gain sufficient support from developers. BREAKING: BITCOIN DEVS REJECT CAT-EATER @LUKEDASHJR\u2019S \u201cBUG FIX\u201d TO BAN ORDINALS; SAY HIS ATTEMPT \u201cHAS NO HOPE\u201d pic.twitter.com\/Aeb8PivcUV \u2014 Udi Wertheimer (@udiWertheimer) January 6, 2024 Concluding the meeting, Blockstream engineer [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9615,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"","news_style_id":"","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1192,1176],"class_list":["post-9616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-developers","tag-ordinals"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"40","promo_type":"","layout_type":"","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9616","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9616"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9616\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}