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Has Adam Back Been Compromised?

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.