Digital assets on the Bitcoin blockchain are a perennial goal, but some of Bitcoin’s biggest backers don’t like the idea. When it comes to digital collectibles, most enthusiasts think of Ethereum, Solana, or Polygon—deservedly, as proof-of-stake blockchains have cornered the NFT marketplace. But digital collectibles using the Bitcoin blockchain have existed since 2014, and several projects have made it their continuing mission to bring NFTs to the first and biggest cryptocurrency. NFTs are digital assets that are provably unique and linked to digital (and sometimes physical) content like digital art, movies, and music that show proof of ownership or membership in an exclusive group. Even though NFTs have been in the Bitcoin ecosystem for nearly a decade, however, some still don’t see the point. One of these projects is Ordinals, and some Bitcoin maximalists are calling it an affront to Bitcoin principles. Ordinals creator Casey Rodarmor takes the criticism in...