比特币开发人员与提案相冲突，该提案可能会扩大区块链的使用超越金钱

比特币的开发人员社区与提议的更新相矛盾，该更新可以允许大量数据（例如图像和文本）直接存储在区块链上。

Bitcoin’s developer community is heating up as a proposed update to expand the blockchain’s use beyond money has sparked a clash of perspectives.

比特币的开发人员社区正在加热，因为拟议的更新以扩大区块链的用途超越金钱，这引发了一系列的观点。

The proposal in question focuses on removing technical limits on Bitcoin’s OP_RETURN function. This function, typically used for adding small bits of non-financial data to transactions—like a short message or a few lines of code—is currently capped at about 80 bytes. However, supporters of the update, such as developer Peter Todd, argue that this limitation is already being bypassed using clever workarounds to encode larger payloads.

所讨论的建议重点是删除对比特币的OP_Return功能的技术限制。此功能通常用于在交易中添加一小部分非财务数据（例如简短消息或几行代码），目前限制为约80个字节。但是，更新的支持者，例如开发人员彼得·托德（Peter Todd），认为该限制已经使用巧妙的解决方案来编码较大的有效负载。

“The 80-byte limitation is already being evaded in practice with techniques like compression and (for larger messages) batching/merkleization, which are both less efficient and less transparent than simply increasing the size limit and making the content visible on-chain,” said Todd.

托德说：“通过压缩和（对于较大的消息）批处理/merkleization等技术，已经在实践中逃避了80字节的限制，这既不是效率较低且透明的，而不是简单地增加尺寸限制并使内容可见链。”

In a blog post, Todd further explained that arbitrary constraints tend to create more harm than good by forcing users to adopt inefficient or opaque methods.

在博客文章中，Todd进一步解释说，任意约束往往通过强迫用户采用低效或不透明方法造成的弊大于利。

“In practice, if the goal is to put a 1k image on-chain, it will be done, usually in less standard and maintainable ways if there is a small size limit, rather than simply allowing a large size limit and having the image data in the transaction visibly and directly,” said Todd.

托德说：“实际上，如果目标是在链上放置1K图像，则通常会以较小的尺寸限制，而不是简单地允许大尺寸限制并直接直接在交易中使用图像数据，通常会以较低的标准和可维护的方式进行。”

On the other side of the coin, contributors like Jason Hughes have sounded the alarm, calling the change a fundamental threat to Bitcoin’s design philosophy. To Hughes and others, this isn’t just a technical tweak—it’s a philosophical shift that could transform Bitcoin from a reliable financial protocol into a cluttered, general-purpose platform.

在硬币的另一侧，杰森·休斯（Jason Hughes）这样的贡献者发出了警报，称这一变化是对比特币设计理念的根本威胁。对于休斯和其他人来说，这不仅仅是技术调整，而是一种哲学上的转变，可以将比特币从可靠的财务协议转变为一个混乱的通用平台。

“We’re fundamentally changing the nature of the chain and what it’s good at. We’re shifting the balance of priorities and values that have guided Bitcoin’s development for years,” said Hughes in a recent interview.

休斯在最近的一次采访中说：“我们从根本上改变了链的性质及其擅长。我们正在转移多年来指导比特币发展的优先事项和价值观的平衡。

Some middle-ground voices, like developer Pieter Wuille, admit they’re uneasy about the direction but recognize the demand for on-chain data. Pushing this activity off-chain could lead to more harmful and less secure alternatives.

一些中间地面的声音，例如开发人员Pieter Wuille，承认他们对方向感到不安，但认识到对链链数据的需求。将这项活动推开可能导致更有害和更安全的选择。

“I’m personally not a fan of people trying to put large amounts of data, like images or long texts, directly in the chain. It feels like a misuse of the technology and would likely lead to degradation of the chain's performance and usability for its primary function: monetary transactions,” said Wuille.

Wuille说：“我个人不是试图将大量数据（例如图像或长文本）直接放在链条中的人。这感觉就像是对技术的滥用，很可能会导致链条的性能和其主要功能的可用性降级：货币交易：货币交易。”

Even so, the tension highlights a deeper identity crisis for Bitcoin: whether it should continue as a streamlined monetary network—or adapt to serve broader, more experimental functions.

即便如此，紧张局势突出了比特币的更深层次的身份危机：是否应该继续作为简化的货币网络，或适应更广泛的实验功能。

For now, the fate of the proposal remains undecided as the community continues to debate its implications. But the debate itself reflects a larger pattern that has shaped Bitcoin’s evolution for over a decade—balancing innovation with the preservation of its core ethos.

就目前而言，随着社区继续辩论其含义，该提案的命运仍未确定。但是辩论本身反映了一种更大的模式，该模式已经塑造了比特币的发展十多年，这将创新与维护其核心精神保持一致。