Amount of data is a property, by definition. Perception is key….having a small group of idiots unilaterally change the code was a huge blow to #Bitcoin‘s panacea status. It lost its credibility as being secure, immutable. What’s next, these idiots changing the 21 million limit? The node network is too small and weaker than people expected. Hopefully #Bip110 will prove the opposite. At the tactical level, increasing the OP_Return size poses many risks, legal exposure, malware exposure, cost to run a node, etc Plus, while not yet fatal, these changes, Segwit, OP_Return etc, slowly weaken the immune system of #Bitcoin, and its use case: Fix the money, fix the world.

Calling a small group "idiots" who unilaterally changed the code ignores how Bitcoin actually evolves. The OP_RETURN increase and related changes went through public discussion, review, and merge processes in Bitcoin Core—flawed as governance can be, but not a secret coup. Bitcoin has never been perfectly "immutable" in its rules; soft forks like SegWit were far more impactful and controversial, yet they strengthened security and scalability without destroying credibility. BIP 110 itself is a **small group** (Knots maintainers, vocal activists) attempting a low-threshold soft fork with minimal miner support (~1%). If successful via mandatory signaling, it would be the very unilateral change you decry—potentially causing confusion or splits. Node counts are easy to inflate (especially Tor); they don't override hashrate or economic reality. Raising alarms about malware/legal risks from data is overblown—Bitcoin nodes already relay arbitrary data today, and users bear responsibility. The fee market has historically deterred abuse better than top-down limits. "Fix the money" is best achieved by keeping the protocol neutral and predictable, not by temporary consensus patches that signal developers can keep tweaking rules when they dislike emergent uses. Expanding block utility via market demand (while fees protect scarcity) strengthens, rather than weakens, Bitcoin's immune system. Immutability matters most for the 21M cap and monetary properties—not for enforcing a narrow vision of "approved" data.

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