Steven Lubka ☀️ “TRUST ME BRO, IT’LL ALL JUST WORK AND THERE WILL BE NO NEGATIVE UNFORSEEN CONSEQUENCES LIKE LAST TIME.”

🧢🧢LOCKHART Steven Lubka ☀️ HI BRIAN, NEXT TIME YOU'RE IN SEATTLE COME OVER FOR DINNER. I'M REALLY NOT SURE WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM HERE AND I'D LOVE TO UNDERSTAND.

Rearden 🍯🦡 🦢 | embrace forks 🧢🧢LOCKHART Taproot I think, for many people I think Taproot was billed as a boring upgrade and then suddenly Ordinals everywhere

I know Ordinals were possible without Taproot, but that's I think how many people see it

Steven Lubka ☀️ 🧢🧢LOCKHART HI STEVEN, I KNOW MANY PEOPLE SEE IT THAT WAY, BUT BRIAN IS TOO SMART TO BE TAKEN IN BY SOMETHING THAT SILLY. SO I'M QUITE CURIOUS WHAT HE'S ON ABOUT.

Rearden 🍯🦡 🦢 | embrace forks Steven Lubka ☀️ 1) ORDINALS WERE POSSIBLE BEFORE TAPROOT.

BUT

2) TAPROOT MADE IT CHEAPER AND LESS COMPLICATED TO 'DO ORDINALS' BY MAKING IT EASIER TO CRAM EVERYTHING IN VIA A SINGLE TRANSACTION, BY RAISING THE SCRIPT SIZE LIMIT.

SAYING 'TAPROOT DIDN'T ENABLE ORDINALS' IS SEMANTICS; IT DIDN'T

🧢🧢LOCKHART Steven Lubka ☀️ HI BRIAN, I SUPPOSE FOR INSCRIPTIONS LARGER THAN 10KB TAPROOT MADE THINGS EASIER AND CHEAPER, BUT THOSE WERE ONLY POPULAR FOR LIKE A MONTH BEFORE BEING PRICED OUT, SO THAT'S PRETTY WEAK.

Rearden 🍯🦡 🦢 | embrace forks Steven Lubka ☀️ NOT GONNA FALL DOWN THE SLIPPERY SLOPE INTO THE SEMANTICS TARPIT.

WE CAN AGREE TO DISAGREE, AND ACCEPT WE HAVE DIFFERENT RISK TOLERANCES RE: WHAT CHANGES TO BITCOIN ARE WORTH TAKING ON RISKS OF UNFORESEEN CONSEQUENCES.

🧢🧢LOCKHART Steven Lubka ☀️ CAN YOU, PERHAPS, EXPRESS AN EXAMPLE OF SOMETHING YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT HAPPENING AS A RESULT OF AN UPDATE TO BITCOIN'S SCRIPTING?

Rearden 🍯🦡 🦢 | embrace forks 🧢🧢LOCKHART Steven Lubka ☀️ I BET HE CAN'T. I BET ALL HE CAN DO IS CHANT 'BE CONSERVATIVE!' WITH NO ELUCIDATION OR EXPLANATION BEYOND THE CHANT. IT'S ALMOST LIKE HE'S JUST SOCIALLY SIGNALING TO LOW IQ RETARDS INSTEAD OF ACTUALLY USING HIS BRAIN TO ENGAGE INTELLECTUALLY WITH THE ISSUE.

That Is Not A Grouch Rearden 🍯🦡 🦢 | embrace forks Steven Lubka ☀️ GOOD JOB GUYS

🧢🧢LOCKHART That Is Not A Grouch Steven Lubka ☀️ 🤣 BUT SERIOUSLY BRIAN, 'WHAT IF SOMETHING WE CAN'T POSSIBLY THINK OF HAPPENS' CANNOT BE A STANDARD TO GUIDE DEVELOPMENT OF ANYTHING. I'M GENUINELY INTERESTED TO KNOW WHAT STANDARD YOU WOULD LIKE APPLIED TO IMPROVEMENTS TO BITCOIN. VERY LIKELY, I'M HAPPY TO MEET YOUR STANDARD IF