so mempool.space Recently Runes and Ordinals added features to trace transactions, and Bitcoin monetary extremists completely lost it. As a Bitcoin user and observer of Bitcoin culture, this whole drama felt completely normal and predictable.
Over time, an ideological divide has emerged between Bitcoin monetary extremists who view Bitcoin merely as money and those willing to create innovative, crypto-esque technology such as ordinals, runes, and tokens on Bitcoin.
Now with this divided mindset, the mempool.space response was inevitable.
To clear up some FUD going around:
Mempool open source project “ord” does not support daemon integration – Only displays data from Bitcoin’s mempool and blockchain and the Lightning Network.
This means that if you see a transaction…
– mempool (@mempool) 12 October 2024
From a purist perspective, anything beyond the Bitcoin protocol is heresy.
So, even the neutral action of mempool.space displaying Runes and Ordinals data for its users to see provokes ViolationIt doesn’t matter that it made one of the best open-source Bitcoin explorers more useful and data rich – it touched a “forbidden” topic, and all rationality is gone.
This response follows the playbook perfectly. Monetary extremists responded to the perceived apostasy with fury, as they always do on X.
These jokers have managed to bribe one of the longest-running and highest quality open-source projects in the sector into labeling transactions "Contains ordinances, inscriptions and runes" Thus. At least it can be said that it is a matter of shame.
none of these are scams #bitcoinAll that… https://t.co/ietxCH3T1f
– Knuts Swanholm ₿ = ∞/21M = 1/🤡🌍 (@knutsvanholm) 14 October 2024
However, the Season 2 crowd put their money where their mouth was and donated to the helpful platform, doubling the number The number of individual sponsors and the project’s annual revenue from individual contributors nearly tripled. They financially supported a tool they found useful rather than simply complaining. Actions over words.
Bitcoin purists should also put their money where their mouth is and support those Bitcoin explorers who do not recognize Runes and Ordinals transactions. I have yet to see him do this instead of yelling at X, which says a lot about him.
Both parties acted correctly.
This kind of drama is inevitable when you have two factions with fundamentally different viewpoints. Although some ideas may go too far morally, this is ultimately human nature. We will continue to see this purist vs. pragmatist struggle as Bitcoin evolves and splits into different philosophies.
Rationality gives way to belief and identity. But understanding these dynamics helps contextualize the mempool response.
This article is a TakeThe opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of BTC Inc. or Bitcoin Magazine.
