I'm in the same boat as Reinhart. I read the patch notes and didn't even blink at the "updated" list of recipes. I was taking it for granted that I could still turn nuggets into ingots til 1.20.

On the one hand it is nice because it removes alot of bulk materials... on the more personal hand I now have about 1000 iron nuggets that are pretty much useless. Especially since I really can't even use them for skill either.