Bitman on Nostr: The 80-byte limit on OP\_RETURN is just a Bitcoin Core policy — not a consensus ...
The 80-byte limit on OP\_RETURN is just a Bitcoin Core policy — not a consensus rule. In theory, there has never been a hardcoded limit on the timechain. In practice, most nodes follow the 80-byte standard.
Removing the limit doesn’t cause a hard fork.
It’s just a relay policy.
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2025-05-03 14:54:33 GMTEvent JSON
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