According to @adam3us, increased JPEG inscription activity on Bitcoin is pricing new users out of owning a UTXO and displacing economic activity central to Bitcoin’s value proposition, source: @adam3us on X, Sep 5, 2025. He states JPEG-related usage is extremely wasteful for Bitcoin blockspace even if it counts as economic activity, source: @adam3us on X, Sep 5, 2025. He adds such data should be stored on external services like Imgur or IPFS rather than on the Bitcoin blockchain, source: @adam3us on X, Sep 5, 2025.