OP_CAT Labs' Liu says Satoshi envisioned Bitcoin to be programmable. To get there, one piece of code needs to be re-enabled. But there are some loud voices in the way.

BTC code is designed to generate a new block every ten minutes with difficulty adjustments made to keep the flow of blocks in a ten-minute interval.

The dual-stack thesis - BTC as unit of account, stablecoins as medium of exchange - is still nascent. But momentum is building.