"X will allow more shitcoining" is an emotional kneejerk reaction, not a logical argument against X.
Hey nostr:nprofile1qqswrlemlh2wgqc4jkds3d8ueqj9a2j3gcm7r48v9tskdd6rxsd7rtcpzfmhxue69uhhqatjwpkx2urpvuhx2ucpz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduqjxamnwvaz7tmwdaehgu3wwfhh2mnywfhkx6mzd96xxmmfdejhyuewvdhk6jg4k33! I see that you've decided to join Taproot Wizards to build out CatVM which relies on OP_CAT.
The majority of supporters behind OP_CAT are Ordinals users, people that want to push it "for the memes" and "for the lawls", and a few people that I consider bad actors in #Bitcoin. I believe that OP_CAT will allow more Shitcoining on top of Bitcoin. Am I wrong?
You are incredibly talented and smart. Far more so than I could ever be. I have a deep amount of respect for you. Hell, when you were talking about building a multi-sig Lightning node for corporations while we were poolside in Madeira blew my mind. Anyways, can you help me understand why you feel that OP_CAT is needed and why am I wrong about it?
I asked nostr:nprofile1qqsw3znfr6vdnxrujezjrhlkqqjlvpcqx79ys7gcph9mkjjsy7zsgygpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhsz8thwden5te0dehhxarj9ekh2arfdeuhwctvd3jhgtnrdakj7qgkwaehxw309ajkgetw9ehx7um5wghxcctwvshspg7dju about OP_CAT at the Bitcoin Freedom Festival and his short answer was that Satoshi removed it for a reason. I stopped doing research on it at that point.
Thank you brother and congratulations on the new job. 🤙🏻🫂💜
Discussion
nostr:note1e9ckeju6t5scyef4ssxt7plwqhwh3d803fmj46nc537sq2nz5umqwaxwga
I'm on team nostr:nprofile1qy88wumn8ghj7mn0wvhxcmmv9uq32amnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwv3sk6atn9e5k7tcqyp60l3gucvq4pnmekm9nzmf6zh8nx24jngu0aj0tfp9tz4gad5v9vczalyt , have you listened to his interview with McCormack? https://fountain.fm/episode/74OSUUbvxqUqBp4VGrDi
I have not listened to this episode but will.
After listening to this I felt pretty ambivalent toward OP_CAT. Seems like it is a pretty conservative step forward and anything less is just nothing at all. But I'm no core dev. /shrug
https://open.spotify.com/episode/745hp9L2L7So9i9B3neDHB?si=PbayJxz-QyyEWt51qopQkw
I don't have an opinion about OP_CAT, I just like his philosophy that bitcoin isn't just a set of undirected affordances that are defined by what people use it for
Shitcoining on bitcoin has always been possible.
Anything that makes bitcoin more useful will also make shitcoins on bitcoin more useful.
“We cant do X because it might enable/enhance shitcoins” is a bad framework.