Ah, consensus, now you have hit on something far more interesting to discuss. I think this new topic is certainly worth switching to (because the old topic is a tired trope at this point). Now to the question: should bitcoin have uses “off script,” so to speak? This is very hard to reason about because you have to account for these uses providing profit motive to miners to reorg instead of extend the chain. While at the same time — seemingly paradoxically — these external uses provide value to transactions and may someday make bitcoin and bitcoin transaction space very valuable.

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when just dealing with the root principle, reasoning gets interesting and easier not harder the dialog goes: I think the limit should be X, for Y reason. then people can discuss X, and Y and the real tradeoffs. i find X>0 but <100 to be the generally most compelling direction because i acknowledge the principle of some utility value in such a diminimus limit. i am no technical expert, so would totally be open to hearing arguments for 134 would be better because Y arguments. real rational discourse increases the fidelity of all participant’s maps of the world, and helps them decide what actions to take. which is why intended or inadvertent obfuscation is gay, sterile activity i’m about productive rational discourse. i lean into disagreement becuase that is where i learn the most. i want to know when im wrong so i can stop being wrong.