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Bitcoin devs in OP_RETURN war motivated by ‘harm reduction’

Bitcoin developers’ war over the data storage limits of OP_RETURN was about UTXO bloat and harm reduction, according to one side.

The corporate interests taking over Bitcoin development

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

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.

A developer of Lightning and Core software for Bitcoin node operators is sounding an alarm about six and seven-figure sums being at risk.