Looks like the salvo I fired at the mailing list caused an angry reaction on Twitter, and even news reporters are covering it (this guy is no reporter, but some random dude I scrolled past by):
Funny how everyone including the news is trying to make it as "Luke Dashjr vs. the world" and conveniently ignore that I and other members of this community also stand against them.
https://beincrypto.com/bitcoin-core-dev-war-brc-20-ordinals-network-spam/Do you guys think I should email these bozos and tell them who's really behind the "war declaration?" 😂
Anyway, the point being, there are now two groups of (crypto) people: One group (us) who believe that Ordinals and BRC20 are spamming the network and action must be taken against them to preserve its usability
this also includes miners and other users who like BRC20 for the fees but would be happy to support any network projects that alleviate the stress on Layer 1, as well as said developers themselves, and people who like the idea of Ordinals but are not happy with the backlog it's causingThe other group is comprised of the shit-token traders themselves, and also a legion of basement dwellers, shitcoiners, and FUD enthusiasts who are proclaiming loudly
People have the right to spam the network with BRC20 and Ordinals but refuse to actually do anything about the problem except for bitch and moan like a horde of wild orc[-20]s.
Will there be a fork? No.
Will actions be taken to insulate bitcoin users from high fees? Yes.
Should these blokes be taken seriously? No.
But should they be challenged anyway? Yes, because if we don't, newbies will be caught in their disinformation net.
We've already seen an exchange try to launch a FUD attack during this chaos (and fortunately they failed). I can see that nearly everyone on this website agrees with me on these points.
So, it is time to challenge these claims on other platforms, particularly Twitter, which is still very relevant platform even though it has fallen out of favor. That's where all the post-news firestorms begin anyway.
If you cannot code, or draft Bitcoin documents,
Know that there are other bitcoiners like you fighting the word-battles over there.
Help them.