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The corporate interests taking over Bitcoin development

Disagreement over a seemingly minor change to OP_RETURN unearthed hidden corporate interests influencing Bitcoin development.

Moderators censor Bitcoin devs as OP_RETURN war rages on

Bitcoin Core moderators are using GitHub repository controls to mute and ban contributors to a viral debate about OP_RETURN data storage.

Bitcoin developers are arguing furiously about setting standards for the use of OP_Return for non-financial data storage.

Non-financial data like media inscriptions continues to fill up Bitcoin’s blockchain, and the debate about how to address it continues.