The core devs' views seem at odds with the founder's — Opposite ends of the spectrum even. Not only was Satoshi advocating the use of Bitcoin's blockchain to store data, he wanted it cheaper! How about them apples ?

(Quote in reference to BitDNS.)

Edit: I understand that Counterparty stores data in the chain in such a way that was not meant to be used. Have you seen how quickly the developers of this initiative have moved forward ? Do you appreciate the movement of 2.0 projects ? Let's stop arguing about the technicalities for just a moment; Let's talk about "where do we go from here," with this innovative project ? Can we work together to come up with a solution ? Because to be quite honest; it seems as though the core developers have found a nest of mice in the attic and want to exterminate and carry on business as usual. Do I so boldly surmise that the Mastercoin team has a hand in this sabotage ? Mastercoin has to store its transactions in the Bitcoin blockchain too. Are they going to be wiped out as well ?