Devs accuse colleagues from Bitcoin Core of being rogue over the plans to remove the spam filter from Bitcoin
The post Devs accuse colleagues from Bitcoin Core of being rogue over the plans to remove the spam filter from Bitcoin appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. The validity of most blocks is confirmed using the Bitcoin Core client. No wonder developers working on Bitcoin Core have some influence on Bitcoin per se. Lately, they have been pushing to remove limits on arbitrary data from blocks (non-monetary data, such as text messages, pictures, and more). Despite the backlash from the Bitcoin community, the Bitcoin Core developers pushed for implementation, arguing with their peers. Citrea is named as the implementation’s stakeholder. What exactly Bitcoin Core is going to change? Bitcoin Core will remove OP_RETURN in the next version, scheduled for release in October. OP_RETURN is a script Bitcoin Core devs added to Bitcoin in 2014. It aimed to limit the arbitrary data (Bible verses, images, etc) in each block and separate it from more crucial information associated with BTC transactions so that the network would ignore this data while working with monetary data. There can be only 83 bytes of space per block intended for arbitrary data recorded in unspendible TX outputs. It’s worth noting that Bitcoin Core developers have encouraged bitcoiners not to use the Bitcoin blockchain for recording arbitrary data, as there are better options that would not pile extra pressure on the Bitcoin network. The OP_RETRUN segment in the Bitcoin Core 0.9.0 release description reads: “[OP_RETURN] is not an endorsement of storing data in the blockchain. The OP_RETURN change creates a provably-prunable output, to avoid data storage schemes – some of which were already deployed – that were storing arbitrary data such as images as forever-unspendable TX outputs, bloating bitcoin’s UTXO database. Storing arbitrary data in the blockchain is still a bad idea; it is less costly and far more efficient to store non-currency data elsewhere.” However, 11 years later, Bitcoin Core developers decided to remove the 83-byte limit, allowing users to set their own…
The post Devs accuse colleagues from Bitcoin Core of being rogue over the plans to remove the spam filter from Bitcoin appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com.
The validity of most blocks is confirmed using the Bitcoin Core client. No wonder developers working on Bitcoin Core have some influence on Bitcoin per se. Lately, they have been pushing to remove limits on arbitrary data from blocks (non-monetary data, such as text messages, pictures, and more). Despite the backlash from the Bitcoin community, the Bitcoin Core developers pushed for implementation, arguing with their peers. Citrea is named as the implementation’s stakeholder. What exactly Bitcoin Core is going to change? Bitcoin Core will remove OP_RETURN in the next version, scheduled for release in October. OP_RETURN is a script Bitcoin Core devs added to Bitcoin in 2014. It aimed to limit the arbitrary data (Bible verses, images, etc) in each block and separate it from more crucial information associated with BTC transactions so that the network would ignore this data while working with monetary data. There can be only 83 bytes of space per block intended for arbitrary data recorded in unspendible TX outputs. It’s worth noting that Bitcoin Core developers have encouraged bitcoiners not to use the Bitcoin blockchain for recording arbitrary data, as there are better options that would not pile extra pressure on the Bitcoin network. The OP_RETRUN segment in the Bitcoin Core 0.9.0 release description reads: “[OP_RETURN] is not an endorsement of storing data in the blockchain. The OP_RETURN change creates a provably-prunable output, to avoid data storage schemes – some of which were already deployed – that were storing arbitrary data such as images as forever-unspendable TX outputs, bloating bitcoin’s UTXO database. Storing arbitrary data in the blockchain is still a bad idea; it is less costly and far more efficient to store non-currency data elsewhere.” However, 11 years later, Bitcoin Core developers decided to remove the 83-byte limit, allowing users to set their own…
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