I don't know much about the drama, but I think it's absolutely stupid to try to block OP_RETURNs when the alternative (data encoded in unspendable fake pubkeys) is much worse. Also there is no practical difference between a transaction from a person you don't like and a bunch of arbitrary data.
The blockchain has always been a necessary evil, a bad thing that we have to tolerate, it was never a sacred beautiful place that only now is being tarnished.
fiatjaf /
npub180…jh6w6
2025-05-03 15:06:20
in reply to nevent1q…q2u7
Author Public Key
npub180cvv07tjdrrgpa0j7j7tmnyl2yr6yr7l8j4s3evf6u64th6gkwsyjh6w6Published at
2025-05-03 15:06:20Event JSON
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