The 80 byte OP_RETURN limit is a relay standard, not a consensus rule. Nodes can set their own limit easily (-datacarriersize flag in Bitcoin Core). This means that nodes (including mining pools) are free to adjust their own relay limits on OP_RETURN size, if they want to be non-standard.
tl;dr: You are free to make up your own byte limit but noone else has to "comply" with it.
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100%. POOLS CAN EVEN MINE EMPTY BLOCKS IF THEY WANT.
Q: How do you get Bitcoiners to celebrate empty blocks?
A: Add one single inscription.
ITS ALLOWID
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It's how it works. Broadcast the rules you agree with. If it gets added to the chain with the most accumulated proof of work, then it's bitcoin.
Is this accurate? Doesn't sound like a bug, but choice of allowed spec.
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