"... when the pace of external or material progress exceeded the development of inner knowledge, people seem to suffer deep emotional conflicts without any internal method of dealing with them. An abundance of material items provides such a variety of external distractions that people loose the connection to their inner lives." "The Joy of Living" by Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche

I decided the OP_RETURN 'threat' was a nothingburger after listening to this

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What Bitcoin Did • Bitcoin Core v30 Explained: Spam, Filters & the Knots Debate | Antoine Poinsot • Watch on Fountain

Antoine Poinsot is a Bitcoin Core contributor and researcher at Chaincode Labs. In this episode, we dive deep into the growing divide between Bitco...

I ended up on the side of Core then, but now there is BIP-119 which aims to allow a sender to restrict how you can spend bitcoin once it is in your wallet. Apparently supported by 66 devs... could as well be 666 👹 IMHO if implemented, Bitcoin can no longer be called freedom money. Curious to hear other opinions. In general the issue needs more publicity.