The use of arbitrary data isn't really relevant to decentralization - that's what the block size limit is for.
A much bigger threat to decentralization is things like ETFs and the normalization of just letting an institution hold your bitcoin.
Jameson Lopp
npub17u…wt4tp
2025-05-27 14:07:58
in reply to nevent1q…h9an
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