Assuming usage of OP_RETURN as the garbage can for non-financial data that would otherwise go into the UTXO set is naive.
First, it's more expensive than inscriptions, control block embedding and oth...
I don't think the OP_RETURN limit changes were made with the expectation of attracting use cases that currently use UTXOs and the witness discount.
I think they were made in anticipation that there would be layer 2 solutions that need more immediate ways to anchor their state to the chain, like Citrea zkp's; using inscriptions would require two transactions across two different block heights (I thinl).
I think they were made in anticipation that there would be layer 2 solutions that need more immediate ways to anchor their state to the chain, like Citrea zkp's; using inscriptions would require two transactions across two different block heights (I thinl).
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