In a bizarre game of consensus chicken, a contributor to Taproot Wizards — an art collection inscribed by Bitcoin Ordinals — says he’s come up with a way for Bitcoiners to reject Ordinals inscriptions.
However, he doesn’t expect many will take up the offer.
“Merry Christmas, ord disrespectoors! I have a gift just for you! This [script] will rid your node of inscriptions,” wrote Rijndael, the firm’s pseudonymous chief technology officer, in a Dec. 26 post.
Merry Christmas, ord disrespectoors! I have a gift just for you!
This will rid your node of inscriptions. You can run it, or not. It’s your computer, you can run whatever software you want on it.
Relay filtering doesn’t work. This has teethhttps://t.co/ONfKQRgUyF
— Rijndael (@rot13maxi) December 26, 2023
The script was designed to cause nodes to reject any blocks that include inscriptions, explained Rijndael.
“If the economic majority of nodes does that, the miners will choose to build on a chain tip that doesnt have inscriptions, or they sell into a smaller market,” he added.
if you dont think inscriptions are valid tx, reject blocks that include them. If the economic majority of nodes does that, the miners will choose to build on a chain tip that doesnt have inscriptions, or they sell into a smaller market
this is what it all comes down to
— Rijndael (@rot13maxi) December 26, 2023
“Go run the script or admit that you’re just virtue signaling on twitter and are uninterested in stopping inscriptions,” he added in response to X user “GhostOfPashka.”
“I handed you the solution. If you choose not to use it, you have nobody to blame but yourself.”
Rijndael further teased Ordinals critics by making an over-the-top mockery of Ordinals on the GitHub repository page.
Rijndael’s description of the node operator tool that censors Ordinals inscriptions. Source: GitHub
Glassnode’s lead analyst James Check, known as “Checkmate” on X, says it’s unlikely the software will gain traction despite some vocal critics of Ordinals.
“It is purely to demonstrate that most folks who are complaining about Ordinals, are in the minority. The…
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