The UTXO set grew from 4GB to 12GB in just 2.5 years.
Discussion
Because of a temporary fad. Not currently growing, for a year now.
The current disagreement is about expanding op return size, which is proposed specifically to reduce further UTXO bloat (since all else being equal, it’s better to put arbitrary data into op return than into the UTXO set).
Hang on, I thought it was about removing the option of some filters? Are these filters for the op return data?
What is adjusted vsize?
Bitcoin blocks have two independent consensus-enforced resource constraints - a 4MWU weight limit, and the 80,000 sigop limit.
Can we somehow expunge the spam to enhance resilience of the payment part of our payment system? ☹ It's like someone smeared shit all over your shiny gold coin