'Does Not Matter One Bit': Ripple CTO Emeritus Schwartz Fires Back at Bitcoin Spam Purists - U. Today
Fri, 14/08/2026 - 9:15Following the BIP-110 collapse, David Schwartz fires back at Bitcoin cando-purists, declaring that network opinions "don't matter one bit". Cover image viaU. TodayDisclaimer: The opinions. . .
Fri, 14/08/2026 - 9:15Following the BIP-110 collapse, David Schwartz fires back at Bitcoin cando-purists, declaring that network opinions "don't matter one bit". Cover image viaU. TodayDisclaimer: The opinions expressed by our writers are their own and do not represent the views of U. Today. The financial and market information provided on U. Today is intended for informational purposes only. U. Today is not liable for any financial losses incurred while trading cryptocurrencies. Conduct your own research by contacting financial experts before making any investment decisions. We believe that all content is accurate as of the date of publication, but certain offers mentioned may no longer be available. An attempt by theradical wing of the Bitcoin communityto forcibly purge the network of nonfinancial data had the opposite effect. Just days after the high-profile failure of the BIP-110 soft fork, designed to temporarily limit the amount of data bloating the network, Bitcoin was flooded with deliberately "heavy" blocks. Ripple CTO EmeritusDavid Schwartzput the final word on the debate, reminding supporters of the restrictions that, in public blockchains, someone else's opinion of someone else's transactions "doesn't matter one bit. "Why David Schwartz backs the Bitcoin fee marketThe new battleground in this information war was the recent Bitcoin block 962266. Its visualization clearly shows that traditional monetary transfers were in the absolute minority. Almost all the block space was occupied by NFT inscriptions and custom scripts, which supporters of the blocked fork immediately labeled "garbage and spam. "HOT StoriesHowever, this block became a vivid manifesto of the victorious side, proving that the market is categorically opposed to artificial restrictions. This is the norm for open networks — they must operate regardless of whether others consider your actions "good and valuable or terrible and worthless," according to David Schwartz. The great thing about public blockchains is that it doesn't matter one bit whether other people think your use of the blockchain is good and valuable or terrible and worthless. https://t. co/1a5Z6iAC3V— David 'JoelKatz' Schwartz (@JoelKatz)August 14, 2026As the chief architect of theXRP Ledger— a network originally created with a strong focus on commercial efficiency — Schwartz approached theBitcoin crisisfrom the standpoint of pure mathematics. This approach completely dismantles the logic of censorship advocates. Arguments about excessive resource consumption are legitimate only until that consumption is paid for. You Might Also LikeOnce higher fees make a transaction "pay the same rate for its resources as other transactions that use comparable resources," the network's economic balance is fully maintained. Schwartz urged that any further demands to ban transactions be treated "with extreme skepticism," since attempting to dictate how a blockchain may be used turns it into something resembling a traditional bank. The failure of BIP-110 has definitively established the new rules of the game — Bitcoin will remain neutral as long as its resources are paid for with real money. Related articles