The Rod of The Ord. Darts Away!

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Cryptonosis shuffles his feet as he aims loosely at a dartboard and swings his arm.

Cryptonosis: (groans) Ahhh!!! No! That was so close! So close!

Player 2: What a miss. I think you should step down from this game. You’re doing yourself no good.

Cryptonosis: Yeah! Like Rod steps down from Ord! Hey, Is that catchy or what eh?

Player 2: You can say that again, especially when the number of inscriptions Ord’s caught – I mean grown to – has surpassed 10 million in less than six months, you can call that a catch alright.

So why is Rod stepping down from Ord as the project’s caretaker when he has successfully brought such a catch … oops I did it again.

(with a smirk) Isn’t that a song that was catchy back in the day? I meant growth by the way.

Player 3 taps a button on his phone… and waves to acknowledge the head bobs

“Oops I did it again… got lost in this game…”  (streams into the air)

Cryptonosis: Why? I hear you ask, is he stepping down? According to Rod he says he has been unable to give Ord the attention it deserved and handed the keys over to RJ.

Player 2: (scratching head) Hmmmm…

If Rod was able to grow Ord inscriptions from 1 million to 10 million in a space of six months without giving it the attention it deserved, I would like to propose to Rod to come onboard a brand new project, which is still in my head and not pay attention to it and let’s see what will happen in a space of six months.

Cryptonosis: I betcha the Rod will grow that new project in your head to six million strong subscribers in the same amount of time. Why am I so sure? Because he is the Rodmeister!!!!

Player 2: (put hands all over head to check it’s alright) I hope my head doesn’t implode with such a ginormous amount of activity, seeing the project is still in my head.

Cryptonosis: What in the world are you doing?

Player 2: (quickly brings hands down) Oh nothing.

Cryptonosis: I wonder what would have happened if he gave the Ord the attention it deserved? 100,000,000 or perhaps…

Player 3: Stop daydreaming, you have a game to finish.

Cryptonosis: Sorry I just couldn’t help myself; it sure begs the question though?

Player 3: What question?

Cryptonosis: Have you been paying attention?

Player 3: Of course, I have, sorry what was the question again?

Cryptonosis: O never mind. My thoughts go to RJ, big shoes to fill. Good luck to him and my advice to him would be to keep the strategy the same.

Player 2: There is a strategy?

Cryptonosis: Yup, only those who have peered deep into the Ord can see the strategy.

Player 3: Do tell I pray.

Cryptonosis: Simple, follow in the footsteps of Rod.

Player 2: You mean RJ should also step down?

Cryptonosis: No silly! He only just put on the shoes and started stepping like a few days ago. What I am saying is that he shouldn’t give the Ord the attention it deserves so that it can keep thriving. As the saying goes ‘If it ain’t broke don’t fix it’.

(stares at Player 3 and suddenly slides backwards)

“Don’t rock that boat baby. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it, relax and let it go….”

The scene resembles a dance floor with the trio jumping on the song and staging steps.

Cryptonosis: How cool is that song?

(light-heartedly returns to the dartboard) Anyway, that’s my opinion which no one else besides me should really pay much attention to because they are mine… my precious… all mine…

Player 2: Have you been binging on Lord of the Rings again?

Cryptonosis: I have no idea what you are talking about… my precious… all mine…

Player 2: Ok just spill it already.

Cryptonosis: In my opinion, me thinks the Rod and co. have built a protocol that is fit for the purpose it was intended, and any unnecessary tinkering may not have the same effect as simply not giving the Ord the attention it deserves. The Ord likes to be left alone see, an introvert of sorts that just takes care of its business.

Player 2: I see what you are saying.

Cryptonosis: You are a fast learner after all, I may have misjudged you several sentences before now.

(in response to flying darts) Hey! Just a joke!

Player 3: If that’s the case, what’s RJ coming to do?

Cryptonosis: Well, we will have to wait six months, to find out the answer to that one, Chief.

(Someone from behind interjects) Hang on a sec, I beg to differ.

Cryptonosis: Who said that?

(turning around to see) Hmmm… have you been listening to our convo all this while?

Weird looking crypto dude: Well, I happened to be passing by when I heard your precious opinion.

Cryptonosis: Did you now? I am sure you have something to say, say on.

Weird looking crypto dude: Inasmuch as I agree that the Rod and co. have done a decent job with the Ord, I disagree that it shouldn’t be tinkered with. Let’s not forget that it’s BRC-20, the new token standard brought about by Domo that really sent the number of Ord inscriptions into overdrive. What Domo tinkered with allowed users to mint entirely new tokens on Bitcoin for the first time in its long history. Well, not that long as 14 years is still a teen but still long in terms of…

Cryptonosis: We get it. I saw what you did there.

Weird looking crypto dude: Oh sorry, but to my point, tinker bell never hurt Peter but instead helps Peter.

Player 2: You too been binging on Peter Pan and the Neverland Pirates?

Weird looking crypto dude: No, I haven’t (scrunches up his tie and humphs aways)

Player 3: Why does he have a Peter Pan hat and tie on?

Cryptonosis: (shrugs) Weird but insightful. He does have a point because the rise of the Ord has not been without its critics. Many Bitcoin hodl-rs have termed it inefficient and wasteful and are clearly not happy when it comes to its use of block space and transaction fees. Most argue that it’s not sustainable and is just a short-term money grab.

Player 2: Yeah. And Rod’s had a number of darts thrown in his direction – don’t blame him for shooting off.

Player 3: So, a little pixie dust might help in this regard.

Cryptonosis: Is that a tinker bell I hear in the distance?

Oh no, weird Peter Pan crypto dude has got to me… I need to switch to Lord of the Rings…

(palms his head and inhales) Ahhhhh, much better!

Player 2: What was that now?

Cryptonosis: (pulls himself together) Nothing!

Player 3: (gesturing his hand to speed things up) Sooo… what’s your general take on this?

Cryptonosis: Whether you hate the Ord or love the Ord; whether you agree with my precious, I mean opinion or not, we can at least agree on one thing, that the Ord has been very successful in onboarding new users into the Bitcoin community at large and the sheer amount of activity on the network has literally translated to a windfall for miners.

Like $44 million with a continuous uptick in Ord related fees doled out, so yeah… a windfall for miners.

So, though I hate to admit it, Weird Crypto Dude’s right, a further tinkering will be required to address legitimate concerns around exorbitant transaction fees to make the protocol sustainable, and to boost Bitcoin adoption. If these concerns are not addressed, I fear this…

(shoots a dart straight into the bulls eye) The Ord may fade away into the Orb.

Player 2: I see what you did there.

Cryptonosis: (wry smile) Did you? But it’s like that yeah?

(Player 3 taps his phone again and a song streams into the air)

“Yeah, it’s like that… it’s like that… every little step I take… you will be there… every little step I make, we’ll be together….”

The trio get on their makeshift dance floor stepping out with shuffles and slides.