Samson Mow proposed a new software fork funded by anonymous grants to developers as a way to uphold Bitcoin’s core monetary function

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This is an open call to: Developers who want to contribute to a truly public rollup App builders looking for a censorship-resistant home ETH holders who want to fund Ethereum public goods, not extraction schemes.

Looking ahead, some think a new fork could split off a “pure money” chain that blocks data inscriptions. Others foresee layer-2 networks or sidechains taking on the heavy lifting for art, messaging, and other uses.