The culture is deteriorating because of custodial bitcoin- ETFs, MSTR, and Michael Saylor. It has nothing to do with Ordinals and JPEGs.

It deteriorates if we let it. . .that's why @npub1s33s...252p has spent so much time reinforcing the importance of the spam issue. As mass adoption progresses, by definition, the percentage of people who are even aware of the Cypherpunk mindset dwindles quickly. So those that ARE aware grow in their responsibility & importance to maintain the culture. Max Keiser & Stacy Herbert did a 10+ episode docu series on the history of Bitcoin several years ago when they were at RT. It's a great/fun watch. It's often stated that only 3% of the population won US independence from Britain. The 3% claim may be more rhetorical than precise, but the point is to emphasize the impact of a determined minority.