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You can now spam JPEGs in Bitcoin private keys

BitMEX Research has invented a new method for storing spam data in Bitcoin transactions wholly outside of the popular OP_RETURN tool.

Bitcoin Core devs think it would be easy, and funny, to attack Knots

Prominent Bitcoin Core developers and influencers were laughing while describing a denial of service (DoS) attack against Knots nodes.

The OP_RETURN war has degraded into childish rhetorical tactics, with Bitcoin Core devs laughing at Knots node operators.

The Joker themed “HAHA” memecoin shilled by Peter Todd initially rug pulled before buyers sent it rocketing over 4,500% 24 hours later.

Bitcoin Core v30 will dramatically raise the mempool storage allowance of nodes for arbitrary data unrelated to the on-chain movement of BTC.