There is no doubt that #bitmap has now grown into a very large ecosystem, with many projects and applications taking root on it.
But in fact, when bitmap was first born, I studied its principles and casting methods, and then thought it was very nonsense, so I missed the very valuable stage of picking up low-cost chips.
The narrative of bitmap at the time was to first use Bitcoin block data to generate so-called blocks based on Bitmap theory, and then to allow anyone to authenticate by engraving the Bitcoin block number on Satoshi based on Ordinals theory. Ownership of this Bitcoin block, the entire process remains fair and decentralized
The vernacular explanation is that bitmap is a real estate certificate, and owning it represents the ownership of the mined blocks.
So why did I think it was nonsense at the time?
1. From a bitmap perspective, I thought bitmap only did very basic work at the time, but it made a big difference. Bitmap claims to be a metaverse project, but it only relies on block data to generate a two-dimensional block map, leaving the 3D construction of the metaverse entirely to the community.
Moreover, not many people believed in it at the time, and not many projects were being developed based on it, so I thought the pie was too big and there was no room for implementation.
A lot of projects that were under construction in the early stage also became rogue, such as @BTCRunner_io @444_ET (this account has been frozen) @xSPECTAR (a Bitmap Island was built at that time, but it is no longer done)
2. From the perspective of ordinal theory, I thought that the Bitmap project’s certification of so-called block ownership was an obscene and arrogant and selfish occupation.
The obscene thing is that bitmap’s definition of block ownership has not really happened. It is not written on the chain, nor is it written into the Bitcoin proposal, but only in its documents.
So why do you say that the ownership of this block is yours? If someone publishes another imitation disk project such as btcmap, it can also be defined as owning a certain btcmap to own the ownership of a certain block. Isn't this collective obscenity?
In addition, bitmap ownership follows the first is first principle of ordinarys. The second bitmap with the same block will be deemed invalid. In fact, this is also the indexing rule and preconception consensus defined in the bitmap document.
Then if a community of second bitmap holders is born and insists that the second bitmap I typed is not invalid and is still valid, there will be no solution except for the two communities to fight.
The arrogant and selfish occupation lies in the fact that even if everyone agrees with the bitmap index and rules, I thought at the time that Bitcoin blocks were ownerless and were public resources that belonged to everyone and were not private property.
But bitmap blatantly defines unowned things as private and calls on everyone to grab them like crazy. I think this is the growth of capitalism on the blockchain. This approach is very uncrypto native.
This is just like Columbus discovered the American continent and started the Western world by driving out the Native Americans, carving up, and colonizing various regions. It is barbaric, domineering, selfish, and unreasonable.
Just because I maintain the above point of view, I have always stayed away from bitmap, watching it rise to a height that I do not deserve.
I ignored the power of consensus and the productivity release brought about by changes in ownership. Bitmap successfully brought innovation.
If you don’t know enough about yourself, you have to admit when you make a mistake. When you get beaten, you have to stand upright. You can’t blame anyone.
At the same time, the newly emerged bitnats project, I think, feels the same as when bitmap was first born. It is also a certification of certain powers of the block. Not many people believe it, and not many projects are under construction. I don’t know if it will happen in the future. Like bitmap, reach a convincing height
However, there is only one bitmap in this world. We don’t know whether bitnats will live or die in the future. We can only wait for the flowers to bloom.
