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There is an open question as to whether or not we should figure out a way
to price space in the UTXO set. I think it is fair to say that given the
fact that the UTXO set space remains unpriced that we actually have no way
to determine whether some of these transactions are spam or not. The UTXO
set must be maintained by all nodes including pruned nodes, whereas main
block and witness data do not have the same type of indefinite footprint,
so in some sense it is an even more significant resource than chain space.
We may very well discover that if we price UTXOs in a way that reflect the
resource costs that usage of inscriptions would vanish. The trouble though
is that such a mechanism would imply having to pay "rent" for an "account"
with Bitcoin, a proposition that would likely be offensive to a significant
portion of the Bitcoin user base.

Cheers,
Keags

On Mon, Jul 31, 2023 at 4:55=E2=80=AFAM Hugo L via bitcoin-dev <
bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org> wrote:

> I don't think it's anyone's place to judge which types of transactions
> should be allowed or not on the network, in fact, when it comes to privac=
y
> and censorship resistance, it would be better if we were not even able to
> distinguish different types of transactions from one another in the first
> place.
>
> We have limited resources on the blockchain and so they should go to the
> highest bidder. This is already how the network functions and how it
> ensures it's security.
>
> Rather than thinking about this as "spam", I think it's useful to
> objectively think about it in terms of value to the marketplace (fees
> they're willing to pay) against cost to the network (storage consumed). I=
t
> comes down to supply and demand.
>
> If the rate of growth of the blockchain is too high, Ordinals aren't the
> cause, it's rather that the theoretical limit of the amount of storage th=
at
> can be added per block isn't sufficiently limited. (Whether they are used
> to produce Ordinals or something else)
>
>
>
> On Sun, Jul 30, 2023, 5:51 PM , <
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>>    1. Re: Concern about "Inscriptions". (rot13maxi)
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>> Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2023 18:34:12 +0000
>> From: rot13maxi <rot13maxi@protonmail.com>
>> To: L?o Haf <leohaf@orangepill.ovh>, "vjudeu@gazeta.pl"
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>> Hello,
>>
>> > This cat and mouse game can be won by bitcoin defenders. Why ? Because
>> it is easier to detect these transactions and make them a standardizatio=
n
>> rule than to create new types of spam transactions.
>>
>> One of the things discussed during the mempoolfullrbf discussion is that
>> a small (~10%) of nodes willing to relay a class of transaction is enoug=
h
>> for that class of transaction to consistently reach miners. That means y=
ou
>> would need to get nearly the entire network to run updated relay policy =
to
>> prevent inscriptions from trivially reaching miners and being included i=
n
>> blocks. Inscription users have shown that they are willing and able to s=
end
>> non-standard transactions to miners out of band (
>> https://mempool.space/tx/0301e0480b374b32851a9462db29dc19fe830a7f7d7a88b=
81612b9d42099c0ae),
>> so even if you managed to get enough of the network running the new rule=
 to
>> prevent propagation to miners, those users can just go out of band. Or,
>> they can simply change the script that is used to embed an inscription i=
n
>> the transaction witness. For example, instead of 0 OP_IF?, maybe they do=
 0
>> OP_DUP OP_DROP OP_IF. When the anti-inscription people detect this, they
>> have to update the rule and wait for 90%
>>  + of the network to upgrade. When the pro-inscription people see this,
>> they only have to convince other inscription enthusiasts and businesses =
to
>> update.
>>
>> The anti-inscription patch has to be run by many more participants (most
>> of whom don?t care), while the pro-inscription update has to be run by a
>> small number of people who care a lot. It?s a losing battle for the
>> anti-inscription people.
>>
>> If you want to prevent inscriptions, the best answer we know of today is
>> economic: the cost of the blockspace needs to be more expensive than
>> inscribers are willing to pay, either because its too expensive or becau=
se
>> there?s no market demand for inscriptions. The former relies on Bitcoin
>> becoming more useful to more people, the latter is the natural course of
>> collectibles.
>>
>> > Finally, I would like to quote satoshi himself who wrote about spam
>> here is the link:
>> https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3D195.msg1617#msg1617
>>
>> Appeals to Satoshi are not compelling arguments.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Rijndael
>>
>> On Sun, Jul 30, 2023 at 2:04 PM, L?o Haf via bitcoin-dev <[
>> bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org](mailto:On Sun, Jul 30, 2023 at
>> 2:04 PM, L?o Haf via bitcoin-dev <<a href=3D)> wrote:
>>
>> > ?According to you, the rules of standardization are useless but in thi=
s
>> case why were they introduced? The opreturn limit can be circumvented by
>> miners, yet it is rare to see any, the same for maxancestorcount,
>> minrelayfee or even the dust limit.
>> >
>> > This cat and mouse game can be won by bitcoin defenders. Why ? Because
>> it is easier to detect these transactions and make them a standardizatio=
n
>> rule than to create new types of spam transactions.
>> >
>> > As for the default policy, it can be a weakness but also a strength
>> because if the patch is integrated into Bitcoin Core by being activated =
by
>> default, the patch will become more and more effective as the nodes upda=
te.
>> >
>> > Also, when it came to using a pre-segwit node, it is not a solution
>> because this type of node cannot initiate new ones, which is obviously a
>> big problem.
>> >
>> > Finally, I would like to quote satoshi himself who wrote about spam
>> here is the link:
>> https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3D195.msg1617#msg1617
>> >
>> >> Le 27 juil. 2023 ? 07:10, vjudeu@gazeta.pl a ?crit :
>> >
>> >>
>> >
>> >> ?
>> >
>> >>> not taking action against these inscription could be interpreted by
>> spammers as tacit acceptance of their practice.
>> >
>> >>
>> >
>> >> Note that some people, even on this mailing list, do not consider
>> Ordinals as spam:
>> https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2023-February/02=
1464.html
>> >
>> >>
>> >
>> >> See? It was discussed when it started. Some people believe that
>> blocking Ordinals is censorship, and could lead to blocking regular
>> transactions in the future, just based on other criteria. That means, ev=
en
>> if developers would create some official version with that option, then
>> some people would not follow them, or even block Ordinals-filtering node=
s,
>> exactly as described in the linked thread:
>> https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2023-February/02=
1487.html
>> >
>> >>
>> >
>> >>> as spammers might perceive that the Bitcoin network tolerates this
>> kind of behavior
>> >
>> >>
>> >
>> >> But it is true, you have the whole pages, where you can find images,
>> files, or other data, that was pushed on-chain long before Ordinals. The
>> whole whitepaper was uploaded just on 1-of-3 multisig outputs, see
>> transaction
>> 54e48e5f5c656b26c3bca14a8c95aa583d07ebe84dde3b7dd4a78f4e4186e713. You ha=
ve
>> the whole altcoins that are connected to Bitcoin by using part of the
>> Bitcoin's UTXO set as their database.
>> >
>> >>
>> >
>> >> That means, as long as you won't solve IBD problem and UTXO set
>> growing problem, you will go nowhere, because if you block Ordinals
>> specifically, people won't learn "this is bad, don't do that", they coul=
d
>> read it as "use the old way instead", as long as you won't block all
>> possible ways. And doing that, requires for example creating new nodes,
>> without synchronizing non-consensus data, like it could be done in "assu=
me
>> UTXO" model.
>> >
>> >>
>> >
>> >> Also note that as long as people use Taproot to upload a lot of data,
>> you can still turn off the witness, and become a pre-Segwit node. But if
>> you block those ways, then people will push data into legacy parts, and
>> then you will need more code to strip it correctly. The block 774628 may=
be
>> contains almost 4 MB of data from the perspective of Segwit node, but th=
e
>> legacy part is actually very small, so by turning witness off, you can
>> strip it to maybe just a few kilobytes.
>> >
>> >>
>> >
>> >>> I want to emphasize that my proposal does not involve implementing a
>> soft fork in any way. On the contrary, what I am asking is simply to
>> consider adding a standardization option. This option would allow the
>> community to freely decide whether it should be activated or not.
>> >
>> >>
>> >
>> >> 1. Without a soft-fork, those data will be pushed by mining pools
>> anyway, as it happened in the block 774628.
>> >
>> >> 2. Adding some settings won't help, as most people use the default
>> configuration. For example, people can configure their nodes to allow fr=
ee
>> transactions, without recompiling anything. The same with disabling dust
>> amounts. But good luck finding a node in the wild that does anything
>> unusual.
>> >
>> >> 3. This patch produced by Luke Dashjr does not address all cases. You
>> could use "OP_TRUE OP_NOTIF" instead of "OP_FALSE OP_IF" used by Ordinal=
s,
>> and easily bypass those restrictions. This will be just a cat and mouse
>> game, where spammers will even use P2PK, if they will be forced to. The
>> Pandora's box is already opened, that fix could be good for February or
>> March, but not now.
>> >
>> >>
>> >
>> >>
>> >
>> >>
>> >
>> >>> On 2023-07-26 11:47:09 user leohaf@orangepill.ovh wrote:
>> >
>> >>> I understand your point of view. However, inscription represent by
>> far the largest spam attack due to their ability to embed themselves in =
the
>> witness with a fee reduction.
>> >
>> >>
>> >
>> >> Unlike other methods, such as using the op_return field which could
>> also be used to spam the chain, the associated fees and the standardizat=
ion
>> rule limiting op_return to 80 bytes have so far prevented similar abuses=
.
>> >
>> >>
>> >
>> >> Although attempting to stop inscription could lead to more serious
>> issues, not taking action against these inscription could be interpreted=
 by
>> spammers as tacit acceptance of their practice. This could encourage mor=
e
>> similar spam attacks in the future, as spammers might perceive that the
>> Bitcoin network tolerates this kind of behavior.
>> >
>> >>
>> >
>> >> I want to emphasize that my proposal does not involve implementing a
>> soft fork in any way. On the contrary, what I am asking is simply to
>> consider adding a standardization option. This option would allow the
>> community to freely decide whether it should be activated or not.
>> >
>> >>
>> >
>> >>
>> >
>> >>>> Le 26 juil. 2023 ? 07:30, vjudeu@gazeta.pl a ?crit :
>> >
>> >>>> and I would like to understand why this problem has not been
>> addressed more seriously
>> >
>> >>> Because if nobody has any good solution, then status quo is
>> preserved. If tomorrow ECDSA would be broken, the default state of the
>> network would be "just do nothing", and every solution would be
>> backward-compatible with that approach. Burn old coins, and people will
>> call it "Tether", redistribute them, and people will call it "BSV". Leav=
e
>> everything untouched, and the network will split into N parts, and then =
you
>> pick the strongest chain to decide, what should be done.
>> >
>> >>>> However, when it comes to inscriptions, there are no available
>> options except for a patch produced by Luke Dashjr.
>> >
>> >>> Because the real solution should address some different problem, tha=
t
>> was always there, and nobody knows, how to deal with it: the problem of
>> forever-growing initial blockchain download time, and forever-growing UT=
XO
>> set. Some changes with "assume UTXO" are trying to address just that, bu=
t
>> this code is not yet completed.
>> >
>> >>>> So, I wonder why there are no options to reject inscriptions in the
>> mempool of a node.
>> >
>> >>> Because it will lead you to never ending chase. You will block one
>> inscriptions, and different ones will be created. Now, they are present
>> even on chains, where there is no Taproot, or even Segwit. That means, i=
f
>> you try to kill them, then they will be replaced by N regular
>> indistinguishable transactions, and then you will go back to those more
>> serious problems under the hood: IBD time, and UTXO size.
>> >
>> >>>> Inscriptions are primarily used to sell NFTs or Tokens, concepts
>> that the Bitcoin community has consistently rejected.
>> >
>> >>> The community also rejected things like sidechains, and they are
>> still present, just in a more centralized form. There are some unstoppab=
le
>> concepts, for example soft-forks. You cannot stop a soft-fork. What
>> inscription creators did, is just non-enforced soft-fork. They believe
>> their rules are followed to the letter, but this is not the case, as you
>> can create a valid Bitcoin transaction, that will be some invalid Ordina=
ls
>> transaction (because their additional rules are not enforced by miners a=
nd
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<div dir=3D"ltr">There is an open question as to whether or not we should f=
igure out a way to price space in the UTXO set. I think it is fair to say t=
hat given the fact that the UTXO set space remains unpriced that we actuall=
y have no way to determine whether some of these transactions are spam or n=
ot. The UTXO set must be maintained by all nodes including pruned nodes, wh=
ereas main block and witness data do not have the same type of indefinite f=
ootprint, so in some sense it is an even more significant resource than cha=
in space. We may very well discover=C2=A0that if we price UTXOs in a way th=
at reflect the resource costs that usage of inscriptions would vanish. The =
trouble though is that such a mechanism would imply having to pay &quot;ren=
t&quot; for an &quot;account&quot; with Bitcoin, a proposition that would l=
ikely be offensive to a significant portion of the Bitcoin user base.<div><=
br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div>Keags</div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_qu=
ote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Mon, Jul 31, 2023 at 4:55=E2=
=80=AFAM Hugo L via bitcoin-dev &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:bitcoin-dev@lists.lin=
uxfoundation.org">bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org</a>&gt; wrote:<br><=
/div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;bo=
rder-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"auto"><d=
iv dir=3D"auto">I don&#39;t think it&#39;s anyone&#39;s place to judge whic=
h types of transactions should be allowed or not on the network, in fact, w=
hen it comes to privacy and censorship resistance, it would be better if we=
 were not even able to distinguish different types of transactions from one=
 another in the first place.<br></div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=
=3D"auto">We have limited resources on the blockchain and so they should go=
 to the highest bidder. This is already how the network functions and how i=
t ensures it&#39;s security.=C2=A0<br></div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div>Rat=
her than thinking about this as &quot;spam&quot;, I think it&#39;s useful t=
o objectively think about it in terms of value to the marketplace (fees the=
y&#39;re willing to pay) against cost to the network (storage consumed). It=
 comes down to supply and demand.<div dir=3D"auto"><div dir=3D"auto"><br></=
div><div dir=3D"auto">If the rate of growth of the blockchain is too high, =
Ordinals aren&#39;t the cause, it&#39;s rather that the theoretical limit o=
f the amount of storage that can be added per block isn&#39;t sufficiently =
limited. (Whether they are used to produce Ordinals or something else)</div=
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From: rot13maxi &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:rot13maxi@protonmail.com" rel=3D"nore=
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Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] Concern about &quot;Inscriptions&quot;.<br>
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Hello,<br>
<br>
&gt; This cat and mouse game can be won by bitcoin defenders. Why ? Because=
 it is easier to detect these transactions and make them a standardization =
rule than to create new types of spam transactions.<br>
<br>
One of the things discussed during the mempoolfullrbf discussion is that a =
small (~10%) of nodes willing to relay a class of transaction is enough for=
 that class of transaction to consistently reach miners. That means you wou=
ld need to get nearly the entire network to run updated relay policy to pre=
vent inscriptions from trivially reaching miners and being included in bloc=
ks. Inscription users have shown that they are willing and able to send non=
-standard transactions to miners out of band (<a href=3D"https://mempool.sp=
ace/tx/0301e0480b374b32851a9462db29dc19fe830a7f7d7a88b81612b9d42099c0ae" re=
l=3D"noreferrer noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://mempool.space/tx/0301=
e0480b374b32851a9462db29dc19fe830a7f7d7a88b81612b9d42099c0ae</a>), so even =
if you managed to get enough of the network running the new rule to prevent=
 propagation to miners, those users can just go out of band. Or, they can s=
imply change the script that is used to embed an inscription in the transac=
tion witness. For example, instead of 0 OP_IF?, maybe they do 0 OP_DUP OP_D=
ROP OP_IF. When the anti-inscription people detect this, they have to updat=
e the rule and wait for 90%<br>
=C2=A0+ of the network to upgrade. When the pro-inscription people see this=
, they only have to convince other inscription enthusiasts and businesses t=
o update.<br>
<br>
The anti-inscription patch has to be run by many more participants (most of=
 whom don?t care), while the pro-inscription update has to be run by a smal=
l number of people who care a lot. It?s a losing battle for the anti-inscri=
ption people.<br>
<br>
If you want to prevent inscriptions, the best answer we know of today is ec=
onomic: the cost of the blockspace needs to be more expensive than inscribe=
rs are willing to pay, either because its too expensive or because there?s =
no market demand for inscriptions. The former relies on Bitcoin becoming mo=
re useful to more people, the latter is the natural course of collectibles.=
<br>
<br>
&gt; Finally, I would like to quote satoshi himself who wrote about spam he=
re is the link: <a href=3D"https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3D195.ms=
g1617#msg1617" rel=3D"noreferrer noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://bitc=
ointalk.org/index.php?topic=3D195.msg1617#msg1617</a><br>
<br>
Appeals to Satoshi are not compelling arguments.<br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
Rijndael<br>
<br>
On Sun, Jul 30, 2023 at 2:04 PM, L?o Haf via bitcoin-dev &lt;[<a href=3D"ma=
ilto:bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_b=
lank">bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org</a>](mailto:<a href=3D"mailto:O=
n" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">On</a> Sun, Jul 30, 2023 at 2:04 PM=
, L?o Haf via bitcoin-dev &lt;&lt;a href=3D)&gt; wrote:<br>
<br>
&gt; ?According to you, the rules of standardization are useless but in thi=
s case why were they introduced? The opreturn limit can be circumvented by =
miners, yet it is rare to see any, the same for maxancestorcount, minrelayf=
ee or even the dust limit.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; This cat and mouse game can be won by bitcoin defenders. Why ? Because=
 it is easier to detect these transactions and make them a standardization =
rule than to create new types of spam transactions.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; As for the default policy, it can be a weakness but also a strength be=
cause if the patch is integrated into Bitcoin Core by being activated by de=
fault, the patch will become more and more effective as the nodes update.<b=
r>
&gt;<br>
&gt; Also, when it came to using a pre-segwit node, it is not a solution be=
cause this type of node cannot initiate new ones, which is obviously a big =
problem.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; Finally, I would like to quote satoshi himself who wrote about spam he=
re is the link: <a href=3D"https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3D195.ms=
g1617#msg1617" rel=3D"noreferrer noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://bitc=
ointalk.org/index.php?topic=3D195.msg1617#msg1617</a><br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; Le 27 juil. 2023 ? 07:10, <a href=3D"mailto:vjudeu@gazeta.pl" rel=
=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">vjudeu@gazeta.pl</a> a ?crit :<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; ?<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt;&gt; not taking action against these inscription could be interpret=
ed by spammers as tacit acceptance of their practice.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; Note that some people, even on this mailing list, do not consider =
Ordinals as spam: <a href=3D"https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bi=
tcoin-dev/2023-February/021464.html" rel=3D"noreferrer noreferrer" target=
=3D"_blank">https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2023-Fe=
bruary/021464.html</a><br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; See? It was discussed when it started. Some people believe that bl=
ocking Ordinals is censorship, and could lead to blocking regular transacti=
ons in the future, just based on other criteria. That means, even if develo=
pers would create some official version with that option, then some people =
would not follow them, or even block Ordinals-filtering nodes, exactly as d=
escribed in the linked thread: <a href=3D"https://lists.linuxfoundation.org=
/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2023-February/021487.html" rel=3D"noreferrer norefer=
rer" target=3D"_blank">https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-=
dev/2023-February/021487.html</a><br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt;&gt; as spammers might perceive that the Bitcoin network tolerates =
this kind of behavior<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; But it is true, you have the whole pages, where you can find image=
s, files, or other data, that was pushed on-chain long before Ordinals. The=
 whole whitepaper was uploaded just on 1-of-3 multisig outputs, see transac=
tion 54e48e5f5c656b26c3bca14a8c95aa583d07ebe84dde3b7dd4a78f4e4186e713. You =
have the whole altcoins that are connected to Bitcoin by using part of the =
Bitcoin&#39;s UTXO set as their database.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; That means, as long as you won&#39;t solve IBD problem and UTXO se=
t growing problem, you will go nowhere, because if you block Ordinals speci=
fically, people won&#39;t learn &quot;this is bad, don&#39;t do that&quot;,=
 they could read it as &quot;use the old way instead&quot;, as long as you =
won&#39;t block all possible ways. And doing that, requires for example cre=
ating new nodes, without synchronizing non-consensus data, like it could be=
 done in &quot;assume UTXO&quot; model.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; Also note that as long as people use Taproot to upload a lot of da=
ta, you can still turn off the witness, and become a pre-Segwit node. But i=
f you block those ways, then people will push data into legacy parts, and t=
hen you will need more code to strip it correctly. The block 774628 maybe c=
ontains almost 4 MB of data from the perspective of Segwit node, but the le=
gacy part is actually very small, so by turning witness off, you can strip =
it to maybe just a few kilobytes.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt;&gt; I want to emphasize that my proposal does not involve implemen=
ting a soft fork in any way. On the contrary, what I am asking is simply to=
 consider adding a standardization option. This option would allow the comm=
unity to freely decide whether it should be activated or not.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; 1. Without a soft-fork, those data will be pushed by mining pools =
anyway, as it happened in the block 774628.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; 2. Adding some settings won&#39;t help, as most people use the def=
ault configuration. For example, people can configure their nodes to allow =
free transactions, without recompiling anything. The same with disabling du=
st amounts. But good luck finding a node in the wild that does anything unu=
sual.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; 3. This patch produced by Luke Dashjr does not address all cases. =
You could use &quot;OP_TRUE OP_NOTIF&quot; instead of &quot;OP_FALSE OP_IF&=
quot; used by Ordinals, and easily bypass those restrictions. This will be =
just a cat and mouse game, where spammers will even use P2PK, if they will =
be forced to. The Pandora&#39;s box is already opened, that fix could be go=
od for February or March, but not now.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt;&gt; On 2023-07-26 11:47:09 user leohaf@orangepill.ovh wrote:<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt;&gt; I understand your point of view. However, inscription represen=
t by far the largest spam attack due to their ability to embed themselves i=
n the witness with a fee reduction.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; Unlike other methods, such as using the op_return field which coul=
d also be used to spam the chain, the associated fees and the standardizati=
on rule limiting op_return to 80 bytes have so far prevented similar abuses=
.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; Although attempting to stop inscription could lead to more serious=
 issues, not taking action against these inscription could be interpreted b=
y spammers as tacit acceptance of their practice. This could encourage more=
 similar spam attacks in the future, as spammers might perceive that the Bi=
tcoin network tolerates this kind of behavior.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; I want to emphasize that my proposal does not involve implementing=
 a soft fork in any way. On the contrary, what I am asking is simply to con=
sider adding a standardization option. This option would allow the communit=
y to freely decide whether it should be activated or not.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; Le 26 juil. 2023 ? 07:30, <a href=3D"mailto:vjudeu@gazeta.=
pl" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">vjudeu@gazeta.pl</a> a ?crit :<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; and I would like to understand why this problem has not be=
en addressed more seriously<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt;&gt; Because if nobody has any good solution, then status quo is pr=
eserved. If tomorrow ECDSA would be broken, the default state of the networ=
k would be &quot;just do nothing&quot;, and every solution would be backwar=
d-compatible with that approach. Burn old coins, and people will call it &q=
uot;Tether&quot;, redistribute them, and people will call it &quot;BSV&quot=
;. Leave everything untouched, and the network will split into N parts, and=
 then you pick the strongest chain to decide, what should be done.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; However, when it comes to inscriptions, there are no avail=
able options except for a patch produced by Luke Dashjr.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt;&gt; Because the real solution should address some different proble=
m, that was always there, and nobody knows, how to deal with it: the proble=
m of forever-growing initial blockchain download time, and forever-growing =
UTXO set. Some changes with &quot;assume UTXO&quot; are trying to address j=
ust that, but this code is not yet completed.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; So, I wonder why there are no options to reject inscriptio=
ns in the mempool of a node.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt;&gt; Because it will lead you to never ending chase. You will block=
 one inscriptions, and different ones will be created. Now, they are presen=
t even on chains, where there is no Taproot, or even Segwit. That means, if=
 you try to kill them, then they will be replaced by N regular indistinguis=
hable transactions, and then you will go back to those more serious problem=
s under the hood: IBD time, and UTXO size.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; Inscriptions are primarily used to sell NFTs or Tokens, co=
ncepts that the Bitcoin community has consistently rejected.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt;&gt; The community also rejected things like sidechains, and they a=
re still present, just in a more centralized form. There are some unstoppab=
le concepts, for example soft-forks. You cannot stop a soft-fork. What insc=
ription creators did, is just non-enforced soft-fork. They believe their ru=
les are followed to the letter, but this is not the case, as you can create=
 a valid Bitcoin transaction, that will be some invalid Ordinals transactio=
n (because their additional rules are not enforced by miners and nodes).<br=
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