3000 non-standard OP_RETURNs in 1day
summary
Opera Turnbot runs a public service that broadcasts OP_RETURN messages and records concrete metrics: on its biggest day it issues 3,075 non-standard OP_RETURNs, about 0.8 virtual megabytes, and pays ~7 million sats in fees. Initial design used LND wallet and hit ancestor limits; migration to Bitcoin Core, custom UTXO selection, and a direct peer with Mara after raising the ancestor limit 250 lets the backlog clear in one block. Dashboard and mempool-space show non-standard TXs; lifetime totals exceed 5,000 opt-ins and ~15 million sats to miners.
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chapters (12)
- 0:00Opera Turnbot project intro
- 1:04How Opera Turnbot started and early challenges
- 3:08Large OP_RETURNs and fee challenges
- 5:17BRC-20 demand surge
- 8:27Ancestor limit problem explained
- 10:34Backlog solved via miner connections
- 12:203,000 OP_RETURNs in 1 day
- 13:43Mempool Radar and project evolution
- 14:26Q&A: Ancestor limits and chaining
- 15:51Q&A: Revenue and future OP_RETURNs
- 16:54Q&A: API access and platform duties
- 18:02Q&A: Naming and user demographics
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