🚀🚀BTC enthusiasts, buckle up! MicroStrategy has unveiled a new Bitcoin-based strategy to combat online spam, dubbed "MicroStrategy Orange". 🍊🍊

This open-source decentralized identity solution is built on Bitcoin and is described as an "enterprise-grade platform for implementing Decentralized Digital Identifiers (DIDs)" across any organization. One of its core services, "Orange for Outlook," will provide an orange check for emails, verifying their authenticity. 📧✔️

The company's executive chairman, Michael Saylor, envisions an internet native, decentralized digital identity backed by Bitcoin. Unlike previous attempts, MicroStrategy's platform will allow enterprises to deploy DIDs to tens of thousands of team members within hours. 🕒👥

These digital identities will be anchored into the Bitcoin blockchain using public-private key cryptography. Users can sign the headers of their emails using private keys generated through MicroStrategy Orange, with public keys paired to a DID permanently inscribed to the Bitcoin blockchain. 📝🔒

However, not everyone is on board with Saylor's offering. Critics argue that it "needlessly bloats Bitcoin" and accuse Saylor of using Bitcoin as his own personal and corporate data store. But supporters believe it provides legitimacy to their protocol, which has been used for minting speculative NFTs and meme tokens. 🎭🎟️

So, what do you think? Is this a step forward for Bitcoin or just another gimmick? Only time will tell! ⏳🔮