In the fifth month of the year, Bitcoin saw more than 13,000 Op_return operations that exceed 83 bytes.
The debate about removing the limit of 83 bytes in Op_return leads to nodes to migrate from Core to Knots.
The Bitcoin Network recorded during May 13,325 transactions OP_RETURN non -standards, a figure that represents An increase of 443 times regarding such operations observed between January and April 2025.
This data can be seen in the following image Shared On June 4 for a Knots nodes corridor, known in X with the fantasy pseudonym “Ghost of Unhosted Marclus”, Who also mine with Datum, the Ocean Pool protocol led by Luke Dashjr:
Of the 13,325 registered transactions, more than 10,000 They were undermined before May 13, which suggests that the rhythm of these activities decreased in the second half of the month, clarified the Knots nodes corridor.
He also expressed his hope that These transactions return to low levels If Bitcoin Core rejects the initiative that seeks to relax the restrictions on Op_return.
Op_return is a OPCODE (an instruction) in script, Bitcoin’s programming language, that allows Include arbitrary data As text, images or others, in a transaction. However, Bitcoin’s standard rules, implemented by clients such as Bitcoin Core, limit the size of this data to 83 bytes to avoid the excessive use of the network as a non -monetary data warehouse.
Transactions that exceed this limit or that include multiple outputs op_return They are marked as non -standards And they are usually rejected by the nodes that follow these policies, unless the miners include them directly in a block, which usually implies the payment of higher rates.
More data on these non -monetary transactions in Bitcoin
Additionally, this Bitcoiner nodes operator highlighted that not only increased the amount of non -standard transactions, but also its variety.
Between January and April, only “a transaction with 10 OP_RETURN exits” was observed, a type of transaction that is also considered not standard according to the Bitcoin Core rules. On the other hand, in May That figure shot at 282 transactionsshowing remarkable diversity in the number of transaction outputs.
On the other hand, according to the exposed data, most of these non -standard transactions were included in blocks undermined Mara Holdings (Mara), a public company known for its service Slipstreamwhich allows users to include non -standards in bitcoin in exchange for additional rates.
The debate about op_return and the boom of Bitcoin Knots
The increase in non -monetary transactions has revived a historical debate between developers and members of the bitcoiner ecosystem: the use of the merely monetary value transmission or allow the network to store other types of information.
The concrete thing is that, as cryptootics reported, that discrepancy has led many nodes runners to migrate Bitcoin Core, the most used customer, towards Bitcoin Knots, an implementation that offers greater flexibility to configure Mempool policies and reject transactions considered “spam”.
Although Bitcoin Core It still dominates with about 89% adoption Among the nodes, Knots is gaining ground, a movement that reflects current tensions in the Bitcoin ecosystem.
