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Bitcoin core developer Luke Dashjr said he played no part in flagging Bitcoin inscriptions as a cybersecurity threat with the NVD, as the listing received a “5.3 Medium” severity score.

Inscriptions have been acting more as a "packing filler," stuffed into any remaining space once higher-value monetary transfers are packed into blocks, said the firm.

The founder of Digital Bitcoin Art and Assets believes that smart contracts on Bitcoin could solve the myriad problems created by Ordinals.

Digitally altered photo of the Battle of Gettysburg. (Timothy H. O‘Sullivan/U.S. Library of Congress, modified by CoinDesk)

The hype around Bitcoin Ordinals and BRC-20 tokens is unsustainable and will fade away in a matter of months, according to JAN3 CEO Samson Mow.

What do Bitcoin ecosystem CEOs make of ordinals, and what does the computer game Doom have to do with it?

The increasing popularity of Bitcoin NFTs, or Ordinals, will positively impact the Bitcoin network’s security and attract developers to the ecosystem, according to Ordinals proponent Udi Wertheimer.

Bitcoin’s average block size has hit an all-time high of 2.5MB following the creation of the Ordinals protocol in January 2023.