there is zero arguement how ordinals can help people forgotten by or taken advantage by the legacy financial system. no one in a developing nation can benefit from an image saved on the timechain. they're on nostr. you can ask them if you don't believe me.
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Does the fact that some of these projects are actively onboarding people to bitcoin not count for something?
Like I said, many are even running infrastructure to support the network. Surely thats a positive thing?
Fwiw, this is for me just dialogue. I've no intention of this being combative.
You're mixing unsound advice with sound money. I'm not trying to be combative either with you. I'm just stating what seems to me as the obvious.
The only benefit to Ordinals is that Shitcoiners are Shitcoining less on other chains and bringing their funds to Bitcoin. It's my hope that after people get rekt and lose everything, that they see the error of their ways and stop. Sometimes you have to touch the stove, ya know?
That said, spam will always exist because there's always a new fool to con out of their money. I don't see why Bitcoin wouldn't be different here.
You're describing a subset of people. There are many very smart, bitcoin aligned communities that have been born out of ordinals.
Of course, there are a lot of bad actors too but that exists - as you alluded - on all chains.
I guess what I'm saying is that not all communities, individuals or organisations that utilise bitcoin in non-monetary ways are a net negative.
We evidently disagree on some stuff here but we are both here engaging in respectful debate and contributing to the network in our own ways. You're the ecowarrior and I'm the capitalist buying carbon credits - bad analogy perhaps 😆
nostr:npub1zach44xjpc4yyhx6pgse2cj2pf98838kja03dv2e8ly8lfr094vqvm5dy5 is an Ordinals fan, and one of my favorite Nostr developers, though sadly he's not around building as much as he used to be. He's incredibly intelligent and a super nice person. We just disagree on this topic, and that's okay.
Exactly. Gave him a follow too 🤝
Bitcoin found it's first use case as a money for the dark web. Ordinals, in addition to being used to scam marks, can be used for tax evasion/ money laundering. The markets make themselves.