Should you feel that the quest to prevent people from sticking data in Bitcoin blocks will be over if we just get this one update, here is a method for encoding data in pubkeys that look like real compressed secp256k1 pubkeys.

If the goal is to prevent data from being embedded in blocks, I don't see how we get off this treadmill of constant adjustments to what counts as a valid transaction. On the other hand, I do think the block size limit and fee market are sufficient tools for limiting the burden on node runners. How else will we decide when the block validation rules are good enough?

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Should you feel that the quest to prevent people from sticking data in Bitcoin blocks will be over if we just get this one update, here is a method for encoding data in pubkeys that look like real compressed secp256k1 pubkeys.

If the goal is to prevent data from being embedded in blocks, I don't see how we get off this treadmill of constant adjustments to what counts as a valid transaction. On the other hand, I do think the block size limit and fee market are sufficient tools for limiting the burden on node runners. How else will we decide when the block validation rules are good enough?