This spam wave is a direct attack on Bitcoin's relay policy, choking full nodes with worthless PNGs and turning the mempool into a sewer.
| kind | human |
|---|---|
| block | 938,452 — 2026-02-26 16:31 UTC |
| transaction | 3bfe1d90acd7426f35c5f7c3b9fc1f1e985a9a0f74dab2d41d94bfddc1e715e8 (output 3) |
| explorers | blockstream.info ↗ · mempool (emzy mirror) ↗ |
| payload size | 137 bytes |
| on chain | looking up the transaction… |
| share | post on X ↗ · permalink · card image ↗ |
| raw payload | 54686973207370616d20776176652069732061206469726563742061747461636b206f6e20426974636f696e27732072656c617920706f6c6963792c2063686f6b696e672066756c6c206e6f646573207769746820776f7274686c65737320504e477320616e64207475726e696e6720746865206d656d706f6f6c20696e746f20612073657765722e |