Bitcoin-dev mailing list has recently sparked a heated debate over the surge in UTXOs caused by Ordinals and Stamps. Developers have proposed "The Cat" draft, which aims to permanently mark "non-currency UTXOs" below 1000 satoshis as unspendable through a soft fork, potentially reducing UTXO size by 30%-50%. Another proposal, "Lynx," advocates for automatically invalidating dust UTXOs that have been inactive for four years, implementing automated cleanup with a more neutral logic. https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c/Q6ulQb13okg…

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This article is from Prince, co-founder of Avon.
Compiled by Odaily Odaily(@OdailyChina); Translated by Azuma (@azuma_eth)
TL;DR
People's use of DeFi has become highly similar. The market and infrastructure are maturing, but users' mentality has gradually shifted from curiosity to caution. The reward mechanism has changed from "users bear the risks and rewards themselves" to "users wait to be rewarded," and participation behavior has gradually converged around incentives.
The Fading DeFi
DeFi gives people the feeling that...