Bitcoin’s upcoming Core v30 update, scheduled for October 2025, has reignited a fundamental debate about the cryptocurrency’s purpose and future direction. The controversial change to increase the OP_RETURN limit—allowing transactions to carry significantly larger amounts of non-payment data—has divided the Bitcoin community along ideological lines, pitting advocates of censorship-resistant data storage against defenders of Bitcoin’s original monetary function.
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Leonidas, a leading figure in the Bitcoin Ordinals community, has declared that his group will create an open-source fork of Bitcoin Core if developers reverse the upcoming update enabling more Ordinals and Runes transactions. This threat emerges from an ongoing debate within the Bitcoin ecosystem about whether node validators should prioritize peer-to-peer financial transactions over large data transactions containing images, videos, or documents. Critics label these non-financial transactions as spam, while proponents like Leonidas argue that censorship would set a dangerous precedent. The developer warned that any policy tightening or transaction censorship would trigger decisive action, potentially creating a schism in the Bitcoin development community.
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The Bitcoin ecosystem is facing a critical juncture as the ‘Spam Wars’ intensify between Bitcoin Core and alternative implementation Bitcoin Knots. Leonidas, a prominent Ordinals advocate, has issued an open letter warning Bitcoin Core against censoring transactions, arguing that any censorship sets a dangerous precedent that undermines Bitcoin’s core value of censorship resistance. The conflict has triggered massive node migration, with Knots growing from 69 to over 4,200 nodes representing 18% of the network by September 2025. Miners controlling over half of Bitcoin’s hash rate have privately expressed willingness to accept all consensus-valid transactions, while developers warn that Knots’ rapid growth could lead to chain splits. The debate centers on whether Bitcoin should remain a purely monetary settlement layer or evolve to support innovative on-chain uses like NFTs and memecoins.
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Epirus has introduced Leonidas, a microwave-based defense system capable of neutralizing drone swarms by disrupting their electronics without physical projectiles. Unlike laser weapons, Leonidas uses a broad microwave beam, making it effective against multiple targets simultaneously. The Pentagon has shown interest, and the U.S. Army awarded Epirus a $17 million contract in 2024. The system integrates AI to optimize targeting and power efficiency, with potential applications beyond military use, such as law enforcement. Epirus recently secured $250 million in Series D funding to scale production, positioning Leonidas as a key solution against emerging drone threats.
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