BTC Tensions Rise as Ordinals Become Victim of DDoS Attack
Key Takeaways
- Ordinals.com is experiencing ongoing outages due to distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, impacting accessibility.
- Critics find irony in this attack, considering the claim that the Ordinals inscription spammed the Bitcoin network, sparking debate within the Bitcoin community.
- The incident highlights the ongoing tensions surrounding Ordinals and their impact on Bitcoin, with some defending their importance while others predict their ultimate decline.
Ordinals.com was the target of a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack. Connectivity issues and frowned upon issues in the Bitcoin ecosystem.
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On December 27, Ordinals creator Casey Rodarmor reported a DDoS attack. First incident since launch in January.
Rodarmor expressed surprise. X (formerly Twitter):
Some critics find these accusations ironic. ordinal inscription You sent spam to the Bitcoin network. Luke DashjurFor example, the founders of Bitcoin mining company OCEAN are: criticize It classifies the incident as a DDoS attack and notes the following:
Dare we call it DDoS? I’m sure everyone involved is paying their internet bills.
Although he does not support DDoS attacks, I wanted to point out the hypocrisy..
In response, some critics have warned against labeling potential attackers as spammers. One user, X, who goes by the pseudonym “Southern Hands” asked:
“Don’t you want to censor valid TCP/IP packets?”
In a separate discussion, Dashjr went so far as to compare the spam sent by Ordinals to “rape.” However, X post has now been deleted.
This DDoS attack occurs immediately after: Taproot Wizards CTO “Rijndael” has released a code script.Maybe it’s a joke, but it’s meant to allow node operators to censor the Ordinals block in Bitcoin on December 26th. The move was seen by Ordinals’ critics as a challenge that required action.
Despite the spam accusations, Andrew Poelstra, director of research at Bitcoin infrastructure company Blockstream, argues: Ordinal numbers pose no threat to the Bitcoin network:
Although ordinal disproportionately influences the fee market, it is a small part of the overall Bitcoin economy and does not threaten to meaningfully displace Bitcoin on its own network.
The ongoing DDoS attack on Ordinals.com has sparked debate and criticism within the Bitcoin community, with some labeling it hypocritical given the spam accusations against Ordinals inscriptions. Highlights of the incident Tensions Surrounding Ordinals and How They Affect the Bitcoin Network.
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