SLP456 Casey Rodarmor What are Ordinals?

<p>Casey Rodarmor joins me to chat about Ordinals and Inscriptions. Now we get into the pros and cons of this, and whether it is bad for Bitcoin. We chat:</p> <ul> <li>What Ordinals and Inscriptions are</li> <li>The ‘bull’ case for Ordinals and Inscriptions</li> <li>Do they spam the bitcoin blockchain?</li> <li>Witness data on the input side, not output side</li> <li>Is it harder to validate?</li> <li>Can it even be stopped?</li> <li>Marginal consumption of block space</li> </ul> <p><strong>Links:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/rodarmor" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@rodarmor</a></li> <li>Site: <a href="https://ordinals.com/" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Ordinals.com</a></li> <li>Podcast: <a href="https://hellpodcast.money/" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://hellpodcast.money/</a></li> <li>BitMEX post: <a href="https://blog.bitmex.com/dapps-or-only-bitcoin-transactions-the-2014-debate/" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://blog.bitmex.com/dapps-or-only-bitcoin-transactions-the-2014-debate/</a></li> <li>Andrew Poelstra’s commentary: <a href="https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2023-January/021372.html" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2023-January/021372.html</a></li> </ul> <p><strong>Sponsors:</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="http://swanbitcoin.com/livera" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Swan Bitcoin</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.swanbitcoin.com/bitcoiners-its-winning-time/" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Cory's blog post for Swan: Bitcoiners, it's winning time</a></li> <li><a href="https://mempool.space/" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Mempool.space</a></li> <li><a href="https://unchained-capital.com/concierge" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Unchained Capital</a> (code LIVERA)</li> <li><a hr