FixTheFilters: Bitcoin arguments go viral over relaxing Core data storage
Developers are at war over a controversial change to Bitcoin Core, the dominant software for full nodes. Since Peter Todd formalized a proposal to remove data limits via OP_Return’s datacarrier outputs, the temperature of discussions rose to incendiary levels on X, GitHub, and the Google Group mailing list. Since Protos wrote about this topic less than 48 hours ago, disagreement among developers has skyrocketed . Indeed, it seems like almost every Bitcoin influencer on X and GitHub wants to have their say about what is an ostensibly innocuous increase to OP_Return’s 83-byte data limit. The hashtag #FixTheFilters is trending, Bitcoin maximalists are pulling receipts on altcoin promoters, and tartups are vying for technological support for their project. In short, the discussion is chaotic and enthralling. After Peter Todd opened the discussion about pull request (PR) 32359, at least four camps have formed around distinct viewpoints. First, the group advocating for a hi...