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Nick Szaboยท 2025-10-06 14:14
RT Mechanic #FixTheFilters #300kb (@GrassFedBitcoin)Mining is centralized.The concern around objectionable content is met with appeals to decentralization of mining - i.e a Bitcoin network that doesn't exist.Until now, what has already been "technically possible" with storing nasty stuff in the chain wasn't.1. "The" mempool was protected because everyone would filter a sick 100kb OP_RETURN along with *all* OP_RETURNs greater than 83 bytes.2. The blockchain was protected because the few miners there are in t ...