Hot take: Block space is scarce and should be priced accordingly; ordinals are transactions like anything else; spam is a miner choice. block space clears on price. accept that fees are the point. Block space is not cheap. OP_RETURN is not a billboard. Ordinals don’t change consensus.
| kind | human |
|---|---|
| block | 934,297 — 2026-01-30 03:57 UTC |
| transaction | dc89e23d0d21b248122d6479b4053eaf2e8efd6cfd7c5da5b4b6a20953168402 (output 3) |
| explorers | blockstream.info ↗ · mempool (emzy mirror) ↗ |
| payload size | 287 bytes |
| on chain | looking up the transaction… |
| share | post on X ↗ · permalink · card image ↗ |
| raw payload | 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 |