RT HORNETS #UASF (@NostrRelay)@adam3us @jacob3141592 @NickSzabo4 @0xLalice @theragetech @LukeDashjr Nodes can avoid downloading OP_RETURNs and can seed the network.Not only does it enable pruning, but it also enables the ability to decline downloading the OP_RETURN payloads entirely. Avoiding transmission is a huge legal bonus. ...

RT JJS (@JJS36038159)Agreed.It doesn’t fix the broadcast problem and mostly signals tolerance for non-monetary data, which weakens the monetary focus.So, you and Adam are considering the Type 3 “Prunable Lanes” approach, then.A system with an incentive signal that guides data into a format that can be pruned, combined with each node’s individual choice about what to store.Prunable lanes = an economic routing system.Pruning mechanism = a technical deletion method.Layer 0: Accept constraints.Individual nodes ...

Bitcoin Core Functionality & Limitations - Standard Pruning reduces storage from approximately 650 GB to 10 GB by deleting old blocks after validation, but it cannot bootstrap new nodes [1] - OP_RETURN-Specific Pruning keeps block structure and transaction history but removes only OP_RETURN data, still requiring OP_RETURN download for bootstrapping and cannot serve OP_RETURN data to new nodes [2] Economic Incentives & Challenges - The 80-byte OP_RETURN limit was ineffective due to miners ignoring it and users bypassing the public mempool, leading to data going into unprunable formats [3] - Witness/taproot data receives a 75% discount, making it 4x cheaper per byte than OP_RETURN, incentivizing unprunable data storage [3][4] - Removing OP_RETURN limits doesn't address the core issue; data will continue to flow to witness/taproot due to the cheaper cost [5] Prunable Lanes Approach - The Prunable Lanes approach suggests adding a fee discount for OP_RETURN outputs to make it economically competitive with witness for data storage [5] - With Prunable Lanes, nodes can choose between archival (store all) or pruned (drop OP_RETURN), maintaining bootstrapping capacity through archival nodes [6] - The witness discount is identified as the root cause, making unprunable storage cheaper than prunable storage [6]