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Story: Bitcoin Faces Rift Over Upgrade Debate as Censorship Concerns Grow

By Julie Binoche

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Critics Warn of a Dangerous Precedent. Eyal Gruper, CEO of BTC self-custody platform RITREK, described the idea as a fundamental break…

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The Role of Ordinals and Inscriptions. The renewed debate was sparked partly by the rise of Ordinals and Inscriptions, which allow…

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OP_RETURN and the Problem of On-Chain Data. Underlying this discussion is the long-running question of how Bitcoin handles non-financial…

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Community Reactions Highlight Tensions. Reaction to The Rage article shows just how divided Bitcoin’s community remains.

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Is It Brainstorming or an Attack?. The screenshots released by The Rage reveal why opinions are so polarized.

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A Test of Bitcoin’s Identity. For now, the debate underscores a central tension in Bitcoin’s evolution: how to balance technical…

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Bitcoin’s global community is once again at odds, this time over reports of a potential upgrade that critics say could allow censorship on the blockchain.

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The alleged proposal, first reported by tech outlet The Rage on September 25, suggested forming a “trusted” group empowered to scrub illicit or questionable content from…

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Dashjr quickly pushed back on the report, calling it “fake news” in a September 26 post on X.

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“It means even a perfectly valid pre-signed transaction could be blocked because a small group of people decided they didn’t like the sender, the recipient, or the purpose,”…

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Eneko Knörr, CEO and co-founder of stablecoin project Stabolut, echoed that sentiment, stressing that Bitcoin’s greatest strength is that “no one is in control.

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The renewed debate was sparked partly by the rise of Ordinals and Inscriptions, which allow non-financial data such as images and text to be inscribed on Bitcoin transactions.

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Knörr highlighted that the congestion issues have already eased and fees have normalized, making the case for controversial governance changes far less compelling.

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OP_RETURN enables users to attach small amounts of data, including links or notes, to Bitcoin transactions.

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Back in 2018, researchers from RWTH Aachen University found that Bitcoin’s blockchain already contained hundreds of links to objectionable material, including child abuse…

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