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@ Pete Marcano
2025-05-21 12:15:56Correct, it has to verify every transaction. The moment it reads the OP_RETURN byte it sees the transaction as valid and the UTXO unspendable. It doesn’t read the arbitrary data afterwards because it doesn’t need to and can prune the output immediately. Honestly, I think my node has to do more work verifying a stranger’s multisig spend than some op_return bible verse