Bitcoin Core v30.0 is now live with default fees as low as 0.1 sat/vB, OP_RETURN limit increased from 83 bytes to 100KB, BDB wallet deprecation, and GUI upgrades. The OP_RETURN expansion sparks backlash from Bitcoin Knots community over legal risks, while developers insist it's only a mempool policy change.

Bitcoin Core v30.0 is now available, introducing lower default fees, descriptor wallet migration, GUI improvements and a major OP_RETURN expansion to 100KB. While the release improves usability and infrastructure efficiency, the data limit change has triggered debate over legal risks, node burden and Bitcoin’s long-term role.

Bitcoin Core v30.0 is now live, introducing lower default fees, descriptor wallet migration, GUI improvements and a larger OP_RETURN data limit of 100KB. While the release improves efficiency for nodes and miners, the OP_RETURN change has triggered heated debate over Bitcoin’s role and legal risks for node operators.