Subject: Re: [bitcoindev] Relax OP_RETURN standardness restrictions

From: Nagaev Boris <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 1 May 2025 16:33:25 -0300

On Thu, May 1, 2025 at 2:20 AM Chris Guida <[email-masked]> wrote:
> >Fees are under 3sat/vb; there's no attack. Excess block space is being
> filled by low-value spam, but that's expected and, in a permissionless
> system, unavoidable.
>
> This is just a temporary cease-fire while the spammers reload their ammunition. There is obviously about to be another wave, otherwise what is the point of eliminating OP_RETURN restrictions?

If they use OP_RETURN instead of putting data into the witness, they
will exhaust their funds four times faster and store four times less
data on the blockchain. Maybe the removal of OP_RETURN constraints in
policy is a Trojan horse against spammers?

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Best regards,
Boris Nagaev

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