Though these rules are meant to protect the Bitcoin network from spam, Todd argues they\u2019re mostly symbolic at this point.<\/p>\n Despite Bitcoin Core\u2019s current restrictions, protocols and users have long found ways to get around them. For instance, Marathon Digital\u2019s Slipstream<\/a> allows clients to submit transactions directly to miners, bypassing public mempools and ignoring these limits entirely. Slipstream<\/em> has already processed transactions with data sizes far beyond the standard limits.<\/p>\n Similarly, Libre Relay<\/a>, a fork of Bitcoin Core, removes these enforcement rules completely. This allows projects to push more data without constraint, simply by using alternative infrastructure. Even more, some protocols sidestep OP_Return altogether\u2014storing data in unspendable outputs<\/em> or scriptsigs<\/em> instead.<\/p>\n Bitcoin Core developers are about to merge a change that turns Bitcoin into a worthless altcoin, and no one seems to care to do anything about it.<\/p>\n I\u2019ve voiced objections, lost sleep over this, and despite clear community rejection of the PR it\u2019s moving.https:\/\/t.co\/dMcQ4g8RjV<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Jason Hughes (@wk057) April 29, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n In Todd\u2019s view, it makes more sense to acknowledge this reality and let Bitcoin Core catch up to the way the network already works. The new proposal keeps the form of datacarrier outputs standardized: a single OP_Return followed by zero or more data pushes.<\/p>\n The push to expand OP_Return capacity comes amid a growing wave of Bitcoin-native data applications. The rise of Ordinals<\/a>, which inscribe digital assets onto individual satoshis, and BRC-20 tokens<\/a>, which use OP_Return to store token data, has sparked a surge in on-chain activity. Here is a comparison between BRC-20 tokens and Runestone, an ordinal:<\/p>\n An Overall Comparison of Runestone vs. BRC-20<\/p>\n Regardless, I\u2019m still super bullish on both as they increase use cases and eventually bring more developers and users into the Bitcoin ecosystem. pic.twitter.com\/4WYdAksb02<\/a><\/p>\n![\"bitcoins](\"https:\/\/www.altcoinbuzz.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bitcoin-altcoin-2025-04-30T093745.643.jpg\" "\\"bitcoins")
<\/a><\/p>\nThe initiative<\/a> calls for removing arbitrary limits on OP_Return<\/em> outputs\u2014special Bitcoin transactions used to carry data. It also suggests scrapping the configuration settings
-datacarrier<\/code> and -datacarriersize<\/code>, which currently restricts how much data users can include.<\/strong><\/h4>\nProtocols Bypass Bitcoin Core\u2019s Data Limits with Workarounds<\/strong><\/h5>\n
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