MicroStrategy founder: The way to destroy BTC is to improve it
Recently, undercurrent surged beneath the calm and quiet surface. The Bitcoin community is debating whether to ease OP_RETURN's restrictions on carrying data. The developers of the current mainstream Core version have decided to relax the restrictions in the latest version, mark the relevant parameters as planned to be scrapped and removed in future versions — this will completely eliminate the power of ordinary users (users who cannot modify and compile the code themselves) to freely decide to limit this parameter.
The teaching chain has also written several articles introducing this issue. For example 2025.5.8 article [OP_RETURN: One of the Most Serious BTC Disputes], 2025.6.8 article [《Bitcoin Core Development and Transaction Forwarding Strategy》], 2025.6.10 article [“Be alert! Bitcoin Core has merged PR #32406》], 2025.6.11 article [“Don't Deceive Yourself”], 2025.6.16 article [“Knots Reaches Top 3”], 2025.9.11 article [“Poisoning the Bitcoin Block”], and several related internal references, etc.
Recently, Michael Saylor (Michael Saylor), the founder and CEO of Strategy (Strategy), the largest BTC treasury company and the largest institutional coin hoarder in BTC, discussed this issue in a conversation video and gave his views in a very thorough manner.
The following is a quote from Teach Link directly to Mike Saylor, who listened to and translated the original video, to share with all readers and friends: (There may be errors or omissions due to limited blind listening in English)
“Well, I think an agreement (improvement) proposal, no matter how well-motivated, can lead to terrible mistakes.”
“I think the recent debate about OP_RETURN is probably a Level 2 change, or maybe even Level 3...”
“This is not a change to BTC level 0, nor is it a level 1 change like changing the block size...”
“This is somewhere between level 2.5 and level 3.”
“But the community's reaction, the resistance to it, I think is a healthy response.”
“It's healthy to be skeptical about the changes in Level 3 of the (Bitcoin) Protocol. Right?”
“Because, this could be a level 3 change, or a level 2 change, level 1 change, putting everything at risk...”
“The biggest danger is that a very talented, well-founded, well-motivated developer is trying to do something good — that's where the danger lies! Right?”
“The fundamental problem is that a highly competent, well-founded, and well-motivated developer wants to upgrade the (Bitcoin) protocol; this is a risk.”
“The risk is, and I want to explain it from personal experience — in my long career, I've never regretted my bad ideas, because no one was stupid enough to chase after them...”
“(But) I'm very sorry that I (used to) chase those good ideas to the detriment (to hold) of really great ideas.”
“In fact, it was those good ideas that weakened the product, weakened the brand, weakened the network, and destroyed the business.”
“Good ideas destroy businesses. (chuckles)”
“Good ideas about Bitcoin will actually destroy Bitcoin. (chuckles)”
“If I wanted to destroy Bitcoin, I would go to a steady stream of developers, very talented developers, and tell them to improve Bitcoin for the better.”
What I feel when I listen to the teaching chain is that Mike Saylor still has a very accurate grasp of the core ideas and ideas that Satoshi Nakamoto said back then would be difficult to change easily once Bitcoin was introduced.
As Satoshi Nakamoto originally said, “The essence of Bitcoin is that once version 0.1 is released, its core design will remain the same throughout its life cycle.” (Liu Jiaolian“Bitcoin History”(Chapter 14, Episode 68)
