Bitcoin Developers Reject Proposal to Filter NFT Transactions Despite Network Congestion
• Luke Dashjr, a Bitcoin developer, proposed updates to filter out NFT and token transactions congesting the network, but it was rejected.
• The proposal aimed to address congestion caused by the popular Ordinals protocol for making Bitcoin NFTs.
• There was debate over whether Bitcoin should prioritize payments or allow market forces to determine transactions.
• Bitcoin Core maintainer Ava Chow closed discussion without action, saying there was no agreement.
• Dashjr claims censorship and social attacks led to the proposal being inappropriately closed.