The BUIDL day of Bitcoin Japan is here! At 11:20 AM local time, @Nicolas Dorier and I will debate the recent OP_RETURN changes and Core v30 release at Tokyo Bitcoin Base.
Even though I care deeply about preserving Bitcoin as money, I mostly refrained from debating these topics online. The discourse just wasn't productive, as evidenced by how @Parker Lewis, @Giacomo Zucco, @Samson Mow, @Knut Svanholm ∞/21M, @Tomer Strolight and many other great Bitcoiners were being treated. Vilified for focusing on long-standing points of monetary maximalism and not blindly agreeing with the changes.
Thus, I'm thankful to have this chance to present views that I think many in the Bitcoin community share. It's the best possible setup, really - having a knowledgeable friend like Nicolas represent the opposing side, and @Stephan Livera moderating.
While I believe that the consensus of - Bitcoin is money - is still shared by the vast majority (especially now, with recent trendy developments) - there's an increasing gap between the words and the actions.
I'm sure we can do better than accepting excuses of "we can't do anything, other than continuing to relax policy limits", labeling people (filteroors, Knotzis, podcasters, etc), and forking community into camps where you have to blindly parrot certain talking points.
Luckily, besides the spam of attacking individuals and trying to destroy people's reputations, the debate that has been raging for months has also produced interesting technical proposals that I believe are better alternatives to the current direction. Hopefully, Nicolas and I do a good job of covering those from different angles and build a foundation that's useful for future development.
See you in a few hours!
