🔥 𝐁𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐬 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐬 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐎𝐧 𝐍𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐔𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐞
🗓️ A new joint statement from Bitcoin Core developers is causing division in the community over non-monetary use of the Bitcoin blockchain.
📜 What the Devs Said
The core team urged a hands-off approach to how Bitcoin is used:
“Bitcoin can and will be used for use cases not everyone agrees on.”
🔹 Devs emphasized:
• Bitcoin is censorship-resistant
• Users are free to run any software
• Core devs don’t control the network
• The system should relay what’s likely to be mined
But not everyone agrees…
⚔️ Community Split in Two
🟥 Criticism
👤 Samson Mow (JAN3 CEO):
“Feels like a NYA from Core devs… They're enabling spam while pretending otherwise.”
🔹 Mow cited the May 8 update, which removed the 80-byte OP_RETURN limit, as a gateway for data-heavy inscriptions.
👤 Luke Dashjr (Bitcoin Core Dev):
“Expecting spam to be mined is defeatism. Helping spam propagate is harmful.”
🟩 Support
👤 Jameson Lopp (Casa):
“They’re not forcing anyone to run anything. Now that they speak as a group, people complain again.”
🔁 What’s This Really About?
⚙️ This is part of the ongoing debate on:
📦 Ordinals & inscriptions (non-financial Bitcoin data)
🚫 Spam vs. freedom
🔄 Censorship-resistance vs. network health
Some see openness as Bitcoin’s strength. Others see a slippery slope toward blockchain bloat.
📌 Final Take
The devs want to protect Bitcoin’s neutrality.
But critics fear too much freedom could be used against the network.
➡️ Is Bitcoin just money, or can it be more?
The answer may shape its future.
