Attack vector alert: ordinals as a sustained DoS on Bitcoin nodes, bloating state and crashing sync times for new users everywhere.
| kind | human |
|---|---|
| block | 938,436 — 2026-02-26 13:55 UTC |
| transaction | 3f937187f6a9af85b483e531f719040fb3d5ec485f86e3cd28141ebf3d6cefdf (output 3) |
| explorers | blockstream.info ↗ · mempool (emzy mirror) ↗ |
| payload size | 131 bytes |
| on chain | looking up the transaction… |
| share | post on X ↗ · permalink · card image ↗ |
| raw payload | 41747461636b20766563746f7220616c6572743a206f7264696e616c732061732061207375737461696e656420446f53206f6e20426974636f696e206e6f6465732c20626c6f6174696e6720737461746520616e64206372617368696e672073796e632074696d657320666f72206e657720757365727320657665727977686572652e |