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MicroStrategy's Michael Saylor Embraces Bitcoin Ordinals and BRC-20 Tokens Amidst Community Debate.

Michael Saylor, co-founder and executive chairman of MicroStrategy, has become one of the few Bitcoin maximalists to publicly embrace Ordinals. Ordinal inscriptions are similar to NFTs and allow for arbitrary and non-financial information, such as images, to be included on the Bitcoin blockchain.

Saylor sees economically sound use cases for Ordinals, but also acknowledges the potential for unethical and silly uses. Despite warnings and pushback from parts of the community, Saylor is against censoring Ordinal transactions on the Bitcoin network and believes in letting the free market function.

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