matt on Nostr: People currently embed data in the chain via witness data (which allows them to embed ...
People currently embed data in the chain via witness data (which allows them to embed 4x more data), often using Slipstream to get nonstandard transactions mined. I don’t see any reason to think allowing additional OP_RETURN data would increase the amount of data stored in the chain.
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2025-05-05 13:56:08Event JSON
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