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@ Andrey Arapov
2025-05-14 06:02:56
Updated the GitHub gist https://gist.github.com/andy108369/dadc7d1f93edca5a775f29ca1bf12065
#### 🔍 **Technical Enhancements**
* **Transaction Size Clarification**:
* Reworded: Bitcoin enforces \~100k **virtual bytes (kvB)** = 400,000 weight units.
* Noted that witness-heavy txs can approach **\~400 kB serialized**.
* **Knots Defaults**:
* Updated: Bitcoin Knots uses stricter `-datacarriersize=40` (not 80).
* Credited Murch for this correction in Acknowledgements.
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#### 🔄 **New Arguments & Risk Reframing**
* **Expanded “Arguments For” #6–7**:
* Added how standardness rules **discourage spam via cost and delay**.
* Included counterpoint that removing limits could **disadvantage “purist” miners** (e.g. Ocean).
* **Final Thoughts Overhauled**:
* Replaced generic conclusion with a nuanced one:
* OP\_RETURN removal = technically sensible, **but introduces tradeoffs**.
* Even with 4 MiB block cap, large OP\_RETURNs may **crowd out monetary txs**, raising fees.
* Out-of-band miner deal removal (e.g., Slipstream) may be **overstated**.
* Risk: more bloat **without** solving miner centralization.
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#### 🔗 **New References**
* Added: [Q\&A Compilation on OP\_RETURN Policy Change (Stacker News)](https://stacker.news/items/978404)