Puzzl35 on Nostr: The reason is extremely convoluted. There is a technical case to be made about ...
The reason is extremely convoluted.
There is a technical case to be made about OP_RETURN being technically less harmful than the segregated witness.
OP_RETURN data can be pruned where segregated witness data can’t.
The ramifications are more spam and higher fees.
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2025-05-07 16:01:19Event JSON
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