Bitcoin update: From 80 bytes to 4MB – How BTC’s brain can get bigger

Anew Bitcoin update lifting OP_RETURN’s data limit to 4MB reignites debate over Bitcoin’s future.

• major Bitcoin update will raise the OP_RETURN limit from 80 bytes to 4MB, sparking fierce debate.
• Supporters cite user freedom, critics warn it threatens Bitcoin’s simplicity and sound-money design.

• The Bitcoin [BTC] core development team is proposing a major update to the OP_RETURN function, aiming to significantly increase its data storage limit in the next software release.

  This move has brought back long-standing tensions within the community.

  Supporters view the change as a win for innovation and user autonomy, while critics warn it could bloat the blockchain and erode Bitcoin’s core mission as a lean, sound-money protocol.

• As the update looms, the community finds itself once again at an impasse