Dafuq is a op return?
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I don't know and at this point I'm too afraid to ask.
It allows for arbitrary data to be included with a transaction that is labelled outside of the uxto information. Its a way to inscribe information permanently into the chain of blocks. Some have used it to make sure bible verses, or certain events. Its been abused by linking to jpegs ect
It is prunable data so your node may choose to not include op return in the utxo management. So theoretically it limits the boost of the chain of blocks data set.
* I just researched this
Its a way to use a bitcoin transaction to store a (heretofore) small amount of arbitrary information on the blockchain that would otherwise have to be needlessly kept track of by every node as a valid unspent output.
Mute that shit… we are never hard forking again
Agreed. Shit ain’t worth the time.
Srsly get back to basics… longest chain strongest chain
The proposed change has nothing to do with consensus, e.g. what constitutes a valid bitcoin transaction isn’t changing. It’s just a question of by default what transactions do nodes choose to relay. If they don’t relay all valid transactions it creates a centralizing pressure to use outside of the mempool services such as MARA’s slipstream to get transactions into blocks.
I understand censorship resistance and I understand decentralization and I’d rather have no op codes than op_cat
I don’t see any question here regarding Op Cat. The question was about op return.
I know but you’re being socially engineered into op cat sorry to break it to you
We’re not filtering anything. Everything is backward compatible. The black size wars are over and the real question is about arbitrary data on the blockchain
Validating nodes can only handle so much load
It's a tennis term for when you return the ball too hard and it goes over the back line. "Overpowered return".