According to BlockBeats, on May 6, Bitcoin Core developers decided to remove the restrictions on transaction data in the upcoming network upgrade to more effectively include more data. Bitcoin developer Greg Sanders announced on GitHub on May 5 that the next version of Bitcoin Core will by default relay and mine OP_RETURN outputs for transactions over 80 bytes and allow an arbitrary number of outputs.
Critics pointed out that the proposal did not go through an appropriate consensus process. Ten31 Fund managing partner Marty Bent stated that there is currently no consensus on the OP_RETURN issue. OP_RETURN became popular during the Bitcoin ordinal craze in early 2024, allowing transactions to store a small amount of data on the blockchain.
