The current #bitcoin Node Wars perfectly encapsulates the design principle of “specificity vs flexibility”. Something cannot be optimal if its flexible - by virtue of trying to do two things instead of one, it is by definition less specific and therefore less optimal. For #bitcoin to be the best money, it has to make every trade off in its design towards being specifically the best money, otherwise it is not optimal. Trying to also be a platform for non-financial data is making trade offs in favor of the non-monetary direction. May you choose the right Node.