Regardless of where you stand on the issue, modern mining is separated into block creators and hashers. We are still too centralized when it comes to block creation.

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How do you mean 'blocks have been altered'?

Removal of a standard was rule for transactions. The OP_RETURN has been changed for more than half the hash power, despite the many thousands of users who run that hash power having not actually made that decision themselves. Instead just 7 pool operators have made that decision for half the network.

Standardness* (stupid autocorrect)

If some miners amend their software to ignore blocks that have an OP_RETURN > 80 bytes, then they will create soft fork. Their chain will be shorter, it won't recognised by exchanges or wallets at first, but that chain will be more resistant to legal attacks. I accept that legal attacks can still happen for other data exists on the blockchain. But as Nick Szabo recently pointed out, the threshold of proof is much lower when content is held in one place one OP_RETURN. The content is easily accessible and viewable with tools that everyone has on their computer. A new mining network would be small at first, but that version of Bitcoin is more resistant to attacks, then it has the potential of becoming the main chain over time. How things pan out in the future is dependent on how governments around the world react. But we have precendent with Bitcoin SV where the EU prosecuted node runners for content that was in the enlarged OP_RETURN. If there is any chance the we can save Bitcoin from this malicious attack, then it at least deserves some consideration.

Correction: there were no prosecutions: In July 2019, an anonymous BSV transaction embedded CSAM images in a ~100KB OP_RETURN output (pre-Genesis, when BSV allowed ~100KB, similar to BTC v30 now). The block was mined, making the content immutable and queryable via explorers (e.g., Blockchair). Exact txid wasn’t widely publicized for ethical reasons, but CoinGeek and BSV Wiki confirmed it. Interpol and EU Authorities issued a notice in late 2019 urging BSV node operators to filter or prune the content. BSV has an unlimited OP_RETURN field.

I doubt their are many miners unaware of the OP-RETURN debate. By choosing to use the pools, are they not in fact saying they are happy with v30?

приходим к логическому смыслу. либо не существует запрещенного контента, либо за запрещенный контент отвечает исключительно источник информации! а значит любой Питер Тодд, может стать таким. по все видимости отсутствие логики у старого поколения говорит что они не готовы к новым технологиям.!