That's not how Bitcoin works in practice. If something is possible some people will do it even if it doesn't seem rational.
If we lift the 80 byte limit on OP_RETURN the most likely outcome is that we'll start seeing plenty of huge OP_RETURNs in the mempool in addition to the current inscription spam.
Unhosted Marcellus
npub100…dfyy5
2023-08-04 17:25:54
in reply to nevent1q…2da9
Author Public Key
npub100mahqlhxg50thmt5dyynu40nl25hat9kkkknzk8pqjfkvgq0xsqtdfyy5Published at
2023-08-04 17:25:54Event JSON
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