Updated the GitHub gist https://gist.github.com/andy108369/dadc7d1f93edca5a775f29ca1bf12065

#### 🔍 **Technical Enhancements**

* **Transaction Size Clarification**:

* Reworded: Bitcoin enforces \~100k **virtual bytes (kvB)** = 400,000 weight units.

* Noted that witness-heavy txs can approach **\~400 kB serialized**.

* **Knots Defaults**:

* Updated: Bitcoin Knots uses stricter `-datacarriersize=40` (not 80).

* Credited Murch for this correction in Acknowledgements.

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#### 🔄 **New Arguments & Risk Reframing**

* **Expanded “Arguments For” #6–7**:

* Added how standardness rules **discourage spam via cost and delay**.

* Included counterpoint that removing limits could **disadvantage “purist” miners** (e.g. Ocean).

* **Final Thoughts Overhauled**:

* Replaced generic conclusion with a nuanced one:

* OP\_RETURN removal = technically sensible, **but introduces tradeoffs**.

* Even with 4 MiB block cap, large OP\_RETURNs may **crowd out monetary txs**, raising fees.

* Out-of-band miner deal removal (e.g., Slipstream) may be **overstated**.

* Risk: more bloat **without** solving miner centralization.

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#### đź”— **New References**

* Added: [Q\&A Compilation on OP\_RETURN Policy Change (Stacker News)](https://stacker.news/items/978404)

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