Bitcoin Core developers have decided to delete a limit on transaction data in the next network update, which allows more data to be included in a more efficient way.
“The next version of Bitcoin Core, by default, transmission and mines transactions whose on_return outputs exceed 80 bytes and will allow any number of these outputs,” read the announcement in Github by Bitcoin Greg Sanders developer on May 5.
The long data limit was originally a “soft signal that the space in the block should be used in moderation for the non -payment publication data test,” he has survived its usefulness, he added.
The proposal (PR 32359) was created by the pioneer of Bitcoin Peter Todd at the request of Cadecode Labs.
ON_RRETURN is a special type of transaction output of Bitcoin (BTC) that allows interference small amounts of data in the block chain, popular fashion duration of registration of the orderly in early 2024.
Unlike regular transactions outputs, ON_RETURN exits cannot be spent and do not swell the outputs of non -spent transactions (utxes).
The original limit is not effective since people found ways to avoid it, such as the use of false departure addresses, which are royal for the network, while some mining services have already ignored the limit, Sanders said.
“Large data inscriptions are occurring independently and can be done more or less abauly; the limit channels them in more opaque forms that cause damage to the network.”
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The benefits of eliminating the limit include a cleaner utxo set or a database of spending exits, a behavior more consistent in the entire network and a better alignment with the way Bitcoin is really being used in reality, he added.
Three possible paths were considered: maintain the limit, raise the lid and eliminate the limit, which was finally decided after winning “broad, thought not unanimous, support.”
A controversial change to Bitcoin
“Many users find that this is a change not deductible for several reasons,” said Bitcoiner Samson Mow in X on May 5. He added that users “can refuse to update and remain at 29.0 or execute another implementation” of the network.
Critics said the proposal was introduced without an adequate consensus process.
“I think one thing is quite clear, there is no consensus at this time about this problem of On_return,” said Funds Managing Techn31 Marty Bent.
Some also expressed Conerns about Bitcoin’s financial profit deposits and raised questions about unleashed interest conflicts.
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