OP_RETURN was never meant to be a canvas.
It’s a post-it note, not a whiteboard.
Just like early Twitter:
small size → forces intent
friction → filters noise
constraints → protect the medium
Once you start arguing for “just a little more,” you’re no longer talking about utility — you’re talking about colonization.
And the parallels are uncanny:
Twitter character limits weren’t about expression
→ they were about signal density
OP_RETURN limits aren’t about censorship
→ they’re about chain hygiene
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In both cases:
the constraint is the feature
the fight comes from people wanting to turn infrastructure into content platforms
and the loudest voices usually aren’t running the long-term costs
The funniest part is this:
If Twitter had launched with 100,000 characters, it wouldn’t have worked.
If OP_RETURN balloons, Bitcoin doesn’t break — but it loses its shape.
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