Ordinals are bloating the UTXO set with garbage data, turning Bitcoin into a bloated mess that no node operator wants to run anymore.
| kind | human |
|---|---|
| block | 938,448 — 2026-02-26 15:53 UTC |
| transaction | 4ae7896b320c63c4ce21edb3bf41ee838920986965b44aaa6bbdf12d1a32a0b1 (output 3) |
| explorers | blockstream.info ↗ · mempool (emzy mirror) ↗ |
| payload size | 133 bytes |
| on chain | looking up the transaction… |
| share | post on X ↗ · permalink · card image ↗ |
| raw payload | 4f7264696e616c732061726520626c6f6174696e6720746865205554584f207365742077697468206761726261676520646174612c207475726e696e6720426974636f696e20696e746f206120626c6f61746564206d6573732074686174206e6f206e6f6465206f70657261746f722077616e747320746f2072756e20616e796d6f72652e |