Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] Debate: 64 bytes in OP_RETURN VS taproot OP_FALSE OP_IF OP_PUSH

From: Peter Todd <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 05 Feb 2023 03:01:08 +0100

On February 5, 2023 1:11:35 AM GMT+01:00, Russell O'Connor via bitcoin-dev <[email-masked]> wrote:
>Since bytes in the witness are cheaper than bytes in the script pubkey,
>there is a crossover point in data size where it will simply be cheaper to
>use witness data.  Where that crossover point is depends on the finer
>details of the overhead of the two methods, but you could make some
>reasonable assumptions.  Such a calculation could form the basis of a
>reasonable OP_RETURN proposal.  I don't know if it would be persuasive, but
>it would at least be coherent.

I don't think it's worth the technical complexity trying to carefully argue a specific limit. Let users decide for themselves how they want to use OpReturn.