{"id":485981,"date":"2025-09-08T10:30:18","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T10:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/?p=754485"},"modified":"2025-09-08T10:30:18","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T10:30:18","slug":"op_return-controversy-continues-gross-media-may-tank-bitcoin-prices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2025\/09\/08\/op_return-controversy-continues-gross-media-may-tank-bitcoin-prices\/","title":{"rendered":"OP_RETURN Controversy Continues: \u2018Gross Media\u2019 May Tank Bitcoin Prices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/static.news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/bitcoin_core_software-768x432.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-post-image\" alt=\"OP_RETURN Controversy Continues: &#039;Gross Media&#039; Spam Might Tank Bitcoin Prices\" style=\"float:left;margin:0 15px 15px 0\" \/>Developers have failed to reach a consensus on lifting OP_RETURN guardrails in the upcoming release of the default Bitcoin Core client. Ocean Mining\u2019s Bitcoin Mechanic claims that this \u201cgross media\/malware\u201d stored in Bitcoin\u2019s blockchain could affect the willingness of institutions to run nodes, thereby impacting prices. OP_RETURN Debate Continues: \u2018Gross Media\u2019 Might Sway Institutions Away [&#8230;] <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Developers have failed to reach a consensus on lifting OP_RETURN guardrails in the upcoming release of the default Bitcoin Core client. Ocean Mining\u2019s Bitcoin Mechanic claims that this \u201cgross media\/malware\u201d stored in Bitcoin\u2019s blockchain could affect the willingness of institutions to run nodes, thereby impacting prices. OP_RETURN Debate Continues: \u2018Gross Media\u2019 Might Sway Institutions Away [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":485982,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-485981","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bitcoin"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485981","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=485981"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485981\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/485982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=485981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=485981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=485981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}