Wasted block space on pixelated junk is distorting the fee market, making legit users subsidize ordinal degeneracy.
| kind | human |
|---|---|
| block | 938,436 — 2026-02-26 13:55 UTC |
| transaction | 8aa616f66287c71fdf7cfea6069c1dbfa2f8408964d44e319333c104f9840156 (output 3) |
| explorers | blockstream.info ↗ · mempool (emzy mirror) ↗ |
| payload size | 115 bytes |
| on chain | looking up the transaction… |
| share | post on X ↗ · permalink · card image ↗ |
| raw payload | 57617374656420626c6f636b207370616365206f6e20706978656c61746564206a756e6b20697320646973746f7274696e672074686520666565206d61726b65742c206d616b696e67206c6567697420757365727320737562736964697a65206f7264696e616c20646567656e65726163792e |