nostr:npub17u5dneh8qjp43ecfxr6u5e9sjamsmxyuekrg2nlxrrk6nj9rsyrqywt4tp proposed a PR (proposed change to Bitcoin core) that makes arbitrary data on chain easier.

Someone pointed out that Lopp has investments that benefit from the PR being merged (officially added to the default distribution of core) he also has ongoing business ventures involving other blockchains that allow arbitrary data in blocks.

The whistleblower was banned based on a rule that says discussion must be about the PR and not any individual.

To me, a conflict of interest from the proposer is about the PR. I pointed out to Lopp that this was a gray area at best and asked if it was him or someone else who made the call to ban. He has not answered me so far.

As far as I can tell most of the noise other than that is the ordinals VS filters argument over again. This has the added angle that some are arguing the core team don't have the real mission at heart any more. The difference is this is deliberate more arbitrary data in blocks, taproot ordinals was discovered after the merge.

So small block vs big block v7 or whatever we're up to now.