Core vs Knots: the 83-byte row that split the bitcoin community
In spring 2025, one of the biggest rows in years erupted in the bitcoin community. A technical proposal to lift the OP_RETURN data cap snowballed into a broad dispute between developers and users. Bitcoin Core backed scrapping the 83-byte limit, while opponents rallied around the alternative client Bitcoin Knots. Together with the bitcoin mixer Mixer.Money […]