This is a shame, as it says a lot about them. The Bitcoin community is divided between purists and pragmatists, and this type of drama is inevitable when you have two factions with fundamentally different perspectives.
While certain views may go too far ethically, this is ultimately human nature. **Why are Bitcoin purists upset?**
From a purist’s perspective, anything beyond the Bitcoin protocol is heresy.
**Bitcoin purists react as mempool.space adds features to spot Runes and Ordinals transactions**
Bitcoin purists have reacted with outrage as mempool.space, a popular Bitcoin explorer, has added features that allow users to spot Runes and Ordinals transactions. This split in mindset has been brewing for some time, with Bitcoin monetary maximalists seeing Bitcoin as only money and nothing else, while others are open to constructing things on top of Bitcoin, whether it be innovative or crypto-esque, like Ordinals, Runes and Tokens.
The backlash from the mempool.space drama was inevitable. **The future of Bitcoin**
As Bitcoin evolves and divides into diverging philosophies, it is crucial to understand these dynamics and contextualize the mempool reaction. It is a shame, to say the least, that these clowns have managed to bribe one of the longest-standing and highest-quality open-source projects in the space into labeling transactions that “contain ordinals, inscriptions, and runes” as such.
**Bitcoin purists need to put their money where their mouths are**
While Bitcoin purists are quick to complain, they have yet to put their money where their mouths are and support the Bitcoin explorers who do not spot Runes and Ordinals transactions. The purist versus pragmatic conflict will continue to be a hot topic as Bitcoin continues to evolve.
It is crucial to remember that Bitcoin is a living and growing technology, and it is crucial to be open to change and innovation.
So, even just the neutral action of mempool.space displaying Runes and Ordinals data for their users to see provoked outrage.
