Currently thinking about the viability of storing data in UTXOs...
Data stored in UTXOs behind OP_CHECKSIG likely will not get pruned.
Miners are incentivized to keep them since they're required to validate the spending script.
@McGooserJr Not really. That’s how much it costs to get it in the Blockchain. There’s no financial incentives to STORE the data by a miner. Your data will be pruned the fuck out unless whoever is storing it starts figuring out how to get people to pay to see it.
Centralising trade off
@JinglesBTC > Distributed decentralized data storage is already solved
lmfao, bruh, torrenting is not data storage. You'd still need to pay someone to seed, it's just a distribution mechanism.
@satored_com Bitcoin should still be able to work with even a low subsidy and no fees, via difficulty adjustment.
I think a 51% attack is much easier though which is a fair concern.