fy in plain text: Who decides what’s “spam” versus “legitimate use”? If we restrict inscriptions today, what stops us from blocking Lightning channel states or timestamping services tomorrow? This sounds compelling, but it rests on a flawed premise: That protocol rules equal censorship. Protocols Have Rules—That’s Not Censorship Every protocol optimizes for its use case through rules. Voice codecs reject packets over a certain size because they’re designed for voice, not file transfer. SMTP has message size limits because it’s designed for email, not video hosting. Bitcoin is no different.