THEY KILLED THE ORDINALS BIP

On this episode of Hell Money, Casey Rodarmor tells the full story of his failed attempt to get the Ordinals BIP accepted into the Bitcoin repository - a three-year saga that ended in a silent rejection.

We break down what a BIP actually is and how Bitcoin’s governance process handled - or failed to handle - one of its most controversial proposals.

Topics covered:

- What is a BIP and how the process works

- What Ordinals actually are (sat tracking vs "assets")

- The full Ordinals BIP timeline (2023–2026)

- Casey’s technical, personal, and political grievances

- BIP 110 vs Ordinals

- A proposed reform plan for Bitcoin’s BIP process

- Bitcoin governance and ossification risks

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TIMESTAMPS:

0:00 Intro, Casey is single

3:52 Ordinals BIP

20:00 Bad social politics incentives

25:15 Inscriptions BIP

28:30 Casey is demoralized

32:00 The Tyranny of Structurelessness

34:00 Bryan Bishop, Epstein files, and narrative control games

37:00 BIP 110

38:15 Blockstream & Bitcoin core, Bitcoin governance

43:25 Bitcoin is ossified, OP CTV

49:35 When is it clear that Bitcoin has failed?

58:00 Quantum threat & VC narratives

1:02:00 Casey's list of demands for BIP editors

1:10:45 It's so over, Maxi Madness