The founder of Ordinals claims the website has suffered a DDoS spam attack, while critics call it "hypocritical."

ChainCatcher news, Ordinals founder Casey Rodarmor stated on the X platform that the Ordinals website has suffered a DDoS spam attack, "Does anyone know what's going on?" It is reported that a DDoS attack is a malicious spam attempt to overwhelm a target or its surrounding infrastructure with a large amount of internet traffic, thereby disrupting the normal traffic of the target server or network.

Some users find it interesting that the Ordinals website is experiencing a DDoS spam attack, especially those who believe that ordinal inscriptions are doing the same thing on the Bitcoin network. Luke Dashjr, founder of the Bitcoin mining company OCEAN, stated that calling it a DDoS attack is "hypocritical," "How dare you say this is DDoS? I'm sure all parties involved are paying the network bills."