They're not tokens themselves though are they?
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No, they’re a parasite baked into the main chain
They are cryptographically secured history, beyond the scope of the state
I still don’t think inscriptions are good for btc. They are crowding out the block space, hindering lightning adoption, and will drive people to custodial lightning solutions. But after listening to this I can start to see beyond the monke jpegs. https://fountain.fm/episode/13393479369
I was very skeptical at first, but now I think they are here to stay, and could be used to build a decentralized namespace.