🚨 KYC Poisoned Payload Incoming 🚨

With Bitcoin Core 30 uncapping OP_RETURN, the game just changed.

It’s not just “more room for commitments.” It’s now an open channel for hostile payloads:

Full KYC dumps

Leaked passports & selfies

Regulated/illegal content

Once mined, that data is forever on-chain. Immutable. Undeletable. And guess who stores/serves it? Every operator running a full node.

This isn’t a DoS attack — it’s a jurisdictional trap. Regulators won’t care that “it’s just bytes.” They’ll come after whoever is “hosting” the bytes.

#OperatorBeware

Don’t parse OP_RETURN blindly.

Restore strict -datacarrier limits if you don’t want surprises.

Assume every payload is toxic waste — relay bytes, not semantics.

If you run explorers/indexers, sanitize hard or you’ll find yourself liable for data you never wanted.

Bitcoin is resilient, but policy can be weaponized. The KYC bomb is now in play.

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