80 bytes is enough for a pointer plus metadata — the most efficient form of layer 2 scaling.
The principle is simple: instead of putting the entire image (or data) on-chain, you embed a pointer or link and store the actual content off-chain — via IPFS, Nostr, Blossom, Nosdav, CIDs, or future solutions built for this purpose.
This approach is cheaper, scalable, and keeps Bitcoin lean and mean for financial transactions.
Ossification is good — aside from essential maintenance updates like cleanup or adjusting mempool limits to match modern hardware.
melvincarvalho / Melvin Carvalho
npub1me…t5c24
2025-05-02 09:19:13
in reply to nevent1q…nd0e
Author Public Key
npub1melv683fw6n2mvhl5h6dhqd8mqfv3wmxnz4qph83ua4dk4006ezsrt5c24Published at
2025-05-02 09:19:13Event JSON
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