In this deeply passionate episode, McIntosh and Kenshin tackle the growing controversy around a recent Bitcoin Core pull request proposing the removal of the OP_RETURN size limit, which would allow arbitrary data to be stored on-chain—potentially opening the door to blockchain bloat and spam.News and Noteshttps://cointelegraph.com/news/new-hampshire-bitcoin-reserve-lawhttps://www.coindesk.com/policy/2025/05/06/new-hampshire-becomes-first-state-to-approve-crypto-reserve-lawhttps://atlas21.com/the-eu-bans-anonymous-accounts-and-privacy-coins-with-new-aml-regulations/https://atlas21.com/bitcoin-core-controversy-the-debate-on-removing-op_return-limits/Stick around to the very end for the v4v track, “2 Billion Heart Beats” by JawboneBitcoin  Price at Time of RecordingMay 7th, 2025: 96,700 USD | 85,800 EURBlock Height at Time of Recording895,690Episode Pagehttps://satoshis-plebs.com/episode-208Music CreditsJawbone2 Billion Heart Beats Websitehttps://satoshis-plebs.comPodcasting 2.0 Apps available at http://podcastapps.com and Value4Value information page available here: https://value4value.infoMcIntosh can be reached by email at mcintosh@satoshis-plebs.com and on Twitter at @McIntoshFinTech. His mastodon handle is @mcintosh@podcastindex.social and his Nostr.  Kenshin can be reached on Twitter at @kenshin_ninja or on Nostr. Kenshin’s email is kenshin@satoshis-plebs.com. You can also follow the Satoshi’s Plebs podcast account on Nostr. We are looking forward to hearing from you!We are looking forward to hearing from you!