Bitcoin Core Dev Luke Dashjr Doesn’t Want His Name On Ordinal Projects

The developer has taken to Nostr to explicate wherefore immoderate NFT task utilizing his sanction does not person his authorization.

Prolific Bitcoin Core developer Luke Dashjr has publically declared his disavowment of immoderate Ordinal task associated with his name. 

In a post connected the decentralized societal media level Nostr, Dashjr clarified his engagement successful the projects, saying that “I person not consented to the usage of my codification oregon my sanction for this purpose. Instead, 3rd parties are selling my sanction and my codification for their ain monetary gain.”

Dashjr besides noted that the sellers of the NFTs person reached retired to him successful what helium interprets arsenic a bribe, penning that “The nationalist should besides beryllium alert that the seller and/or auction tract offered maine a donation of 90% of the auction proceeds “should I take to accept” it. I consciousness this is simply a wide effort to: (1) bribe maine into silence; and/or (2) get my consent aft the fact. I volition not judge specified outgo astatine the disbursal of the nationalist who are being misled. I volition not judge immoderate specified ‘donation.’”

The Core developer has antecedently expressed his dislike and vexation with the Ordinals project, calling it spam and an onslaught connected Bitcoin.

Dashjr expressed his beardown tendency for the proceeds of the acquisition to beryllium refunded to the buyer. He concluded with a connection addressing some his concern and what helium feels whitethorn interaction different figures successful the Bitcoin space, saying “I felt obligated to talk out, not conscionable for myself, but for different Bitcoin devs who are being placed successful akin situations. The magnitude of wealth we person been offered arsenic ‘donations’ for acquiescing to what is taking spot is considerable. I bash not condone it. I bash not consent to the usage of my sanction oregon codification for this grift. I privation the nationalist to beryllium alert of wherever I stand.”

“I privation to bash immoderate I tin bash to bounds the harm which volition inevitably beryllium caused by this confusing and misleading behavior.”

The station whitethorn beryllium a motion of indispensable speech successful regards to rights and ownership of what is being uploaded to the Bitcoin blockchain via the Ordinals protocol.