Taproot Wizards launches a script so that enemies can now reject turns on Bitcoin
In a strange game of consensus chicken, a promoter for Taproot Wizards — a collection of art composed of Bitcoin Ordinals — claims to have created a way for Bitcoiners to reject ordinals.
However, he does not expect many to accept the offer.
“Merry Christmas, you bastards! I have a gift just for you! This [script] It clears the crosshairs of the office,” he wrote.
Merry Christmas, you bastards! I have a gift just for you!
This will remove your node from the script. You can run it, or you can't. It's your computer, you can run whatever software you want on it.
Relay filtering does not work. This one has teethhttps://t.co/ONfKQRgUyF
— Rijndael (@rot13maxi) December 26, 2023
The script is designed to cause nodes to reject any blocks that contain text, Rijndael explained.
“If most economic nodes do this, miners will choose to build on the edge of the scriptless chain or sell to a smaller market,” he added.
If you don't think scripts are valid tx, don't accept blocks that contain them. If most economic nodes do this, miners will choose to build on the edge of the scriptless chain or sell to a smaller market.
This is what it all comes down to
— Rijndael (@rot13maxi) December 26, 2023
In response to X-user “GhostOfPashka,” he said, “Run the script or admit that you're being virtuous on Twitter and don't want to stop scripting.”
“I have given you the solution. If you choose not to use it, you have no one to blame but yourself.
Rijndael teased Ordinal's critics by mocking Ordinal's over-the-top mockup on the GitHub repository page.
Glassnode's lead analyst James Check, known as “Checkmate” on X, said that while some have criticized Ordinal's voice, the software isn't easy to pull off.
“It just goes to show that the majority of people who complain about the system are in the minority. The software is now available to devalue them in their nodes, but one can directly understand that they are bricking your nodes because they are transactions,” Czech explained in a note to Cointelegraph.
“It's a demonstration of Mexico's stance on Bitcoin governance,” Czech added.
Rijndael says it took him about 15 minutes to create the software, and admits that the script can also be bypassed by changing a simple fingerprint.
The casual debate continues to rage.
The Ordinals censorship debate resurfaced last month when Bitcoin mining company OCEAN — led by Bitcoin Core developer Luke Dashjer — began rejecting Ordinals transactions, citing service failures and the risks of membrane congestion.
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— OCEAN (@ocean_mining) December 6, 2023
Others believe that there are advantages or disadvantages that can be found depending on the situation.
For example, if the Mempool congestion caused by Ordinals is stable and predictable, it could benefit Lightning transactions and its users, said a Bitcoin Core developer who spoke to Cointelegraph but asked not to be named.
“Lightning allows users to allocate more fluid off-chain than stable membrane compression circuits,” he said.
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Conversely, if ordinary transaction volumes are unpredictable, it may cause problems for future Lightning users.
“Regular texts […] It can lead to shorter transaction cycles, which can trigger unpredictable membrane congestion – and reduce lightning UX with the same effect.
When Bitcoin Core is scheduled to update to version 27 in 2024, a solution to reduce standard sizes may be implemented.
“Perhaps casual users will have to pay a higher base minute fee to balance some of the CPU/bandwidth consumption for the full nodes operator,” the developer said.
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