Scan reveals 96,000 fake-address outputs clogging Bitcoin’s unspent database
Bitquery’s scan shows why cheap OP_RETURN repetition and fake-address text impose radically different costs on Bitcoin nodes. The post Scan reveals 96,000 fake-address outputs clogging Bitcoin’s unspent database appeared first on CryptoSlate.
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