Hidden surprises in the Bitcoin blockchain and how they are stored (2014)

Re:Hidden surprises in the Bitcoin blockchain and how they a... by RustyRussell on Tuesday August 01, 2017 @02:52AM (#14898419)

BTW, please don't use this address-spamming technique! You can simply put data after an OP_RETURN, which, while permanently encoding it in the blockchain, ensures that nodes know it can't be spent.

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Re:Hidden surprises in the Bitcoin blockchain and how they a... by 1ba9115454 on Tuesday August 01, 2017 @03:46AM (#14898610)

That's fixed to 80bytes, perhaps space for a few smileys.

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Re:Hidden surprises in the Bitcoin blockchain and how they a... by RustyRussell on Tuesday August 01, 2017 @04:46AM (#14898823)

But the encode-in-address method is limited to 20 bytes.

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Re:Hidden surprises in the Bitcoin blockchain and how they a... by Normal_gaussian on Tuesday August 01, 2017 @04:30AM (#14898771)

Twit-chain

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Re:Hidden surprises in the Bitcoin blockchain and how they a... by anc84 on Tuesday August 01, 2017 @04:32AM (#14898780)

A technical "solution" to money transfer that relies on saying pretty-please to avoid problems? Sounds like something I should invest in.

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Re:Hidden surprises in the Bitcoin blockchain and how they a... by RustyRussell on Tuesday August 01, 2017 @04:45AM (#14898821)

Well, it's cheaper to use OP_RETURN, too.

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