Relays have no reason to hold old data. At least some nodes will likely always have the whole chain, at least for a long while.
But how much guarantee do we really have (or how far into the future is reasonable to assume?) if OP_RETURN data is pruneable?
HODLBurger
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2025-05-04 00:34:34
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