Replying to Avatar Michael of St. Joseph 🔏

At this point I don't really like Core or Knots. I don't want excessive arbitrary data on chain, but I also don't like the doomsday alarmists who think they're gametheory experts at outsmarting states/corpos (who are already buying in to Bitcoin).
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The Daniel đź–– 2mo ago đź’¬ 1

If you just think about it rationally for even 10 seconds you’ll come to the conclusion that you can’t stop people from embedding data on-chain, so the best path forward is option that does the least harm, and that’s what Core 30 provides.

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Michael of St. Joseph 🔏 2mo ago 💬 1

I've never found a clear answer as to what fringe edge-case Core 30 fixes by greatly increasing the OP_RETURN filter. Of course, you can't stop people from embedding data on chain. However, I don't think the answer is to make it much much easier to do so (unless there is an explanation that has escaped me).

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ihsotas 2mo ago

Op_return data is prunable. Utxo bloat is far worse for low powered nodes. The technical challenges of spamming the chain with a bunch of small op return vs one large one is minimal therefore a limitation op return is also pointless.