An Analysis of Bitcoin OP_RETURN Metadata
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چکیده
The Bitcoin protocol allows to save arbitrary data on the blockchain through a special instruction of the scripting language, called OP RETURN. A growing number of protocols exploit this feature to extend the range of applications of the Bitcoin blockchain beyond transfer of currency. A point of debate in the Bitcoin community is whether loading data through OP RETURN can negatively affect the performance of the Bitcoin network with respect to its primary goal. This paper is an empirical study of the usage of OP RETURN over the years. We identify several protocols based on OP RETURN, that we classify by their application domain. We measure the evolution in time of the usage of each protocol, the distribution of OP RETURN transactions by application domain, and their space consumption.
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