Great video from Hardfork Mechanic explaining the current OP_RETURN situation. The choice isn’t between bloating the UTXO set or increasing OP_RETURN, it’s whether we normalize spam or we reject it. Is #Bitcoin for data storage or financial transactions.

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@GrassFedBitcoin Honestly if Core developers had been proactive in addressing this spam vector early on rather than dismissing or tacitly endorsing it, we wouldn't be having this discussion today.

@GrassFedBitcoin OP_RETURN is an attack on bitcoin. Bitcoin is money, no need to be anything else.

@GrassFedBitcoin Amazing video!

@GrassFedBitcoin Exactly, this current discussion is pointless, it’s a small argument in a much larger discussion…core is essentially right to remove limit at a technical level considering the state of things, but the real discussion, and where we need consensus, is financial txs vs data

@GrassFedBitcoin They aren’t right to remove the limit.

@GrassFedBitcoin Bitcoin is for financial sovereignty. Nothing else. OP_RETURN abuse is an attack on the network. Keep the chain lean and focused on sound money.

@GrassFedBitcoin This was an excellent breakdown.