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> I do have mixed feelings about people doing NFTs and memecoins: 50% that they're idiots, 50% that they're not worth thinking about.

It's you that said that NFTs and memecoins are not worth thinking about. I was arguing that you should think about them. I wasn't pretending anything, just responding to something you said.

I also didn't get the UTXO set data from you, I got it from this report, which I included in the newsletter I put out earlier today: https://research.mempool.space/utxo-set-report/

We're in agreement that the UTXO set shouldn't be filled with unspendable outputs, though maybe there's something to be discussed with respect to what the tradeoff between UTXO set bloat vs prunable bloat is. If we get 100 bytes of prunable data instead of 1 33-byte ScriptPubKey UTXO, is that a good trade-off? How about 1000? or 1MB?

Because the Citrea people seem to be claiming that they only need 160 bytes and it should be very rare: https://x.com/robin_linus/status/1919091672941477965. Is 500 bytes a year in UTXO bloat worth 1 GB of prunable data bloat?

What is the correct tradeoff? Do you have a range you're comfortable with?

If I'm saying that my opinion is not 100% but only 50% that they're not worth thinking about, what does that imply for the remaining 50%?

If I'm spending time debating the issue, is that not already clear evidence that I do think about the issue?

If you're going to make tenuous conclusions about what my thoughts are opinions are, how about applying some logic in there rather than just your prejudices?

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My statement wasn't an accusation that you haven't thought about NFTs or memecoins, it was more prescriptive given that you had said that 50% of your feelings are that they are not worth thinking about.

You're accusing me of making tenuous conclusions without stating what they are. Please, if I'm making tenuous conclusion, please tell me what they are so I can correct them.

I'm surprised by your obvious taking offense at this, given that I asked what I think is a very relevant and pertinent question, what is the right tradeoff between UTXO bloat and non-UTXO bloat?