Bitcoin Drama Over NFTs and Censorship Claims
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There is a debate among Bitcoin developers about whether to filter out NFT-like "inscriptions" minted using the Ordinals project. Some see them as spam.
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Sotheby's is auctioning off pixelated digital images from the BitcoinShrooms Ordinals collection, with bids already in the tens of thousands.
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The mining pool Ocean, backed by Jack Dorsey, implemented software to filter out many Ordinals transactions, sparking claims of censorship.
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The wallet Samourai accused Ocean of also censoring its privacy-enhancing "Whirlpool transactions."
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The auctioning of the images could reinforce their value amid the controversy over restricting Ordinals transactions on the Bitcoin blockchain.