Following the statement, reactions poured in. Samson Mow, CEO of JAN3, called the developers’ tone hollow and said recent changes have “opened the floodgates” for spam. He argued that removing technical barriers encourages unwanted data.
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Samson Mow, CEO of JAN3, claimed that the removal of the 80-byte OP_RETURN data limit in Bitcoin Core 30 eliminates critical technical safeguards, which he believes will open the door to network spam and ultimately compromise node decentralization by raising operational costs and complexity
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Critics of the decision to remove the 80-byte OP_RETURN limit in Bitcoin Core 30 argue that Bitcoin should remain a minimalist financial protocol, warning that enabling extensive data storage dilutes its primary function as money
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