Bitcoin was built as neutral money. Run a node, verify transactions, keep it decentralized. That’s the moat.

But buried in the code is OP_RETURN - an 80-byte field meant for metadata, barely a fingerprint. Now groups are abusing it, stuffing 100kb files - images, videos, junk.

That flips the script. Node operators aren’t just verifying money anymore. They’re forced file hosts, pushing random content across the network. The baggage isn’t trivial: legal risk, reputational hit, technical strain.

And if governments start seeing Bitcoin not as money but as a content network? The fight changes completely