On Sat, Feb 04, 2023 at 07:11:35PM -0500, Russell O'Connor via bitcoin-dev wrote: > Since bytes in the witness are cheaper than bytes in the script pubkey, > there is a crossover point in data size where it will simply be cheaper to > use witness data. Where that crossover point is depends on the finer > details of the overhead of the two methods, but you could make some > reasonable assumptions. Such a calculation could form the basis of a > reasonable OP_RETURN proposal. I don't know if it would be persuasive, but > it would at least be coherent. >
I agree with Peter that, given that users have found ways to store arbitrary amounts of data on-chain if they really want, we might as well just make OP_RETURN a free-for-all. -- Andrew Poelstra Director of Research, Blockstream Email: apoelstra at wpsoftware.net Web: https://www.wpsoftware.net/andrew The sun is always shining in space -Justin Lewis-Webster
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