"Niche programmers" sounds a bit ad hominem.
Not sure what you mean by changing the fundamental nature of Bitcoin; adding opcodes uses a foundational principle of the protocol to extend its functionality.
Normal users can't be expected to understand the intricacies of protocol development; if that was a requirement then the protocol would have ossified long ago.
Jameson Lopp
npub17u…wt4tp
2024-05-12 22:44:08
in reply to nevent1q…0q8x
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npub17u5dneh8qjp43ecfxr6u5e9sjamsmxyuekrg2nlxrrk6nj9rsyrqywt4tpPublished at
2024-05-12 22:44:08Event JSON
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