Murch on Nostr: Does someone want to explain to me how OP_RETURNs increase the blockchain growth, ...
Does someone want to explain to me how OP_RETURNs increase the blockchain growth, hardware requirements, or otherwise increase the cost of running a node? I keep seeing that concern, and that seems completely counter my expectations. I'd love to see a detailed explanation of how that follows.
Published at
2025-05-21 00:07:35Event JSON
{
"id": "9658e0b531d62f7e0d5c2ce114467f3439235e02a21cd01b55d523bbe79e241a",
"pubkey": "95361a2b42a26c22bac3b6b6ba4c5cac4d36906eb0cfb98268681c45a301c518",
"created_at": 1747786055,
"kind": 1,
"tags": [],
"content": "Does someone want to explain to me how OP_RETURNs increase the blockchain growth, hardware requirements, or otherwise increase the cost of running a node? I keep seeing that concern, and that seems completely counter my expectations. I'd love to see a detailed explanation of how that follows.",
"sig": "655c070bf9028108fa94505211c396fdd3c4510c497e71abfd955a0072e2f6d865a84ed7f65fa39a6897429459e984b51c28567a9b16e125c312987e043465dd"
}