Spam Fight Heats Up: Bitcoin Knots Node Count Rises 49% in April
Lately, Bitcoin developers have found themselves entrenched in a fervent dispute over a proposal to eliminate the long-standing 80-byte constraint imposed on the OP_RETURN function. As this technical standoff intensifies...
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