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VarMur
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2023-02-12 02:49:14
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VarMur on Nostr: Arbitrary data could always be put on chain, I was surprised the first time I came ...

Arbitrary data could always be put on chain, I was surprised the first time I came across the single command to download the whitepaper from it.

Julian Assange saw Bitcoin as breaking Orwell's dictum - another answer for "What Bitcoin Is". The irreversibility of published data (timestamped, too!) is equal to the irreversibility of regular transactions, and is proportional to and dependent on the monetary value of Bitcoin.

A question I have - isn't limiting the type of data publishable on the chain - also limiting the programmability or extensibility of Bitcoin itself? Limiting what can be usefully built leveraging it, like RGB, etc?

If the script is limited to prevent abuse, and as a consequence restricts Bitcoin's ability to perform arbitrary computations, is there some similar notion for arbitrary data on chain?
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