The protocol (proof of work based system using wallets and addresses) doesn't define the implementation and the implementation defines limits. The protocol espe

The protocol (proof of work based system using wallets and addresses) doesn't define the implementation and the implementation defines limits. The protocol especially does not define the implementation of other layers built alongside it, so this is a straw man. If your argument is "any improvement to the current system" "isn't bitcoin" then that's a no true scotsman sort of argument and I don't think it holds much water.