Knots community leader Bitcoin Mechanic claims that the new default data storage restrictions allow those who upgrade to the latest version of Bitcoin Core to host and relay illegal adult content.
Next month, Bitcoin Core version 30 (V30) is scheduled to facilitate data storage limits. This means that by default accepts transactions with 100,000 bytes of data of data unrelated to the on-chain movement of Bitcoin (BTC) to the default Mempool.
However, the Knot community sees it 1,200 times increase It holds the old data cap as a terrible idea from about 83 bytes of the V29.
In most cases, more than 99% of transactions are below that data storage cap due to the 83-byte Mempool limit of core and knot.
Some workarounds stuff large files into the OP_Return Datacarrier output, which technically complies with consensus rules, but the default filter has been acting as a deterrent for over a decade.
However, soon, the core node operators (which filtered out most of the data from V29 and all previous versions) that upgrade the V30 OP_Return DataCarrier limits may no longer rule out potentially illegal content.
Illegal content on the Bitcoin Blockchain
Bitcoin mechanics claimed a strong motivation for porn assailants to utilize the V30.
Over the past few days, Knot Community Leaders have repeatedly blown up core developers for morally compromised node operators.
In his view, changing the defaults makes it morally vulnerable to deal with larger illegal files or other forms of denigrating content.
Furthermore, the V30’s OP_Return change has little to do with using BTC for “peer-to-peer digital cache”. The Datacarrier output is literally unrelated to the on-chain movement of BTC.
Read more: Bitcoin Core Development Schedule for October op_return Change
In most countries, possession of certain types of adult content is illegal and sentenced to prison.
Judges are lenient with the judgment of a particular defendant if the storage could be careless or if the person caught up in the content fails to create it, but preventing it from being a priority in the first place.
Beyond this type of illegal content, the Knots community has also raised concerns about potential malicious content that has been made possible by changes to V30, such as computer viruses, malware, and other dangerous data.
When any data is multiplied across nodes using V30, it may be possible to use the Bitcoin node network as an attack vector factor by adding malicious code to the Bitcoin network’s most popular memory.
