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@ Itamar Peretz
2025-05-14 05:57:16
People should consider this situation a remote parking lot in a national park. Typically, only a few hikers show up, but when the wildflower bloom occurs, the area fills up with cars. Volunteers, known as node runners, install a 7-foot clearance bar at the entrance. While sedans and SUVs can still pass through, larger RVs that want to camp for the weekend and occupy multiple spots for little or no fee cannot. Since the beam is permanently welded in place, any future volunteer, referred to as a miner, must enforce the same height limit. This system has no central authority; it relies on the structure that has been passed down.
In contrast, consider a scenario where a single volunteer bans gasoline-powered cars, blocking valid transactions. This personal choice can easily be reversed when the next volunteer allows gas guzzlers in, pocketing the parking donations. However, many supporters of Ordinals/BRC-20 are now confusing this height limit, which is neutral and equitable, with censorship, equating it to outright bans. This misunderstanding persists despite their earlier support for Marathon's real OFAC blocklist—filters should not be mistaken for censorship.