So, you know how relay rules prevent you from submitting a #bitcoin transaction that is not yet valid? I’m talking about time locked transactions…
Well, maybe we should drop that relay filter as well…otherwise miners might accept (out of band) txs for long term storage (for a fee). This would favor mining companies more likely to still be around at the time the transaction becomes valid…a case of bigger miners get bigger while little guys lose out.
I don’t see anyone talking about this yet…but the parallels to op return are pretty obvious.
Jameson Lopp (npub17u5…t4tp)
drgo / Dr. Bitcoin, MD
npub1fa…nthnd
2026-01-29 01:22:15 UTC
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2026-01-29 01:22:15 UTCEvent JSON
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