Bitcoin Core developers released the second version of the test of their controversial Bitcoin Core V30 update, set to Usher in a new purse format and integration of non-financial data once in October.
A new Bitcoin Core release candidate (V30.0RC2) is available for testing, the Bitcoin Core project Nakasa said On Sunday, its labeling as a “new major release.”
The Update The stages of older Legacy Wallet Infrastructure and introduce a newly simplified command system, but the main points of dispute consider policy changes around the OP_RETURN OPCode, which allows the reproduction of arbitrary data in transactions.
Expanding data limitations removes default cover from 80 bytes to effective unlimitedor potential up to about 4 megabytes per output of the transaction.
Bitcoin purists vs maxis
However, the purists of Bitcoin Believe it The network should be used only for financial transactions, not data store.
They argue widely Op_return The use blockchain is permanent, as each bitcoin node should store this data, increasing costs. It can also see the network Loaded by spam and malware.
Bitcoin’s maximalist argument is that if users pay fees, they should use the block space however they want, while market forces naturally limit malignant use through fees.
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The Bitcoin Core supports the update, which is expected to be deployed in late October, although the exact date remains flexible due to ongoing testing and heated debates between the developers.
Nick Szabo weighs on legal risks
Bitcoin’s pioneer Nick Szabo returned to X after nearly five years of hiatus with fuzzy activity and weighing on the debate on Sunday.
He said that the Network fees.
“This is always a problem, of course. But increasing OP_RETURN allowance is likely to worse this problem. It will also increase legal risks.”
He also said, “This is an open legal issue almost everywhere,” suggesting that nodes may be legal responsible for harmful data stored in the blockchain.
A court case that the crypto litigator Joe Carlasare has decided that node operators will not be responsible if they have no knowledge or data control.
Szabo said an argument is that data can be hidden in other ways, but OP_RETURN data is prunable. “This indicates that allowing more data to OP_RETURN to think can reduce legal risks.”
However, a counterargument is the illegal content in a standard format, so it is easy to see by the standard software, “are more likely to impress lawyers, judges, and jurors, and thus legally more dangerous, than data that is damaged or hidden and thus require specialized software to rebuild,” he said.
Some Believe it The Cypherpunk Szabo is the pseudonymous creator of Bitcoin Satoshi Nakamoto; However, he repeatedly rejected it. Szabo Join Samson Mow’s Bitcoin infrastructure company Jan3 as chief scientist in January.
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