Bitcoin core developers plan to change OP_RETURN in October
ChainCatcher news, according to Protos, the Bitcoin Core development team announced that it will modify the default settings of OP_RETURN in the upcoming Core 30 version to be released in October, raising the data carrier limit from 80 bytes to nearly 4 MB. This decision marks a phased victory for the reformists led by Antoine Poinsot in their long-standing dispute with conservatives like Luke Dashjr.Although the new version still allows node operators to manually revert to the smaller data limit, analysis indicates that most nodes will maintain the default settings. Conservatives criticize this move as contrary to the original design intent of Bitcoin as a value transfer network, potentially turning the blockchain into a data storage platform. Reformists argue that moderate expansion helps to enhance Bitcoin's functionality and have made compromises to allow for parameter adjustments. This change is expected to impact the on-chain data storage ecosystem but will not alter the fundamental transaction verification mechanism of Bitcoin.