<p>It will take until bitcoind version 0.9 for wide spread support for relaying OP_RETURN.</p>

<p>Adding fees will not help. Currently, transactions with OP_RETURN are by default not relayed by the main net (last sentence):
<a href="https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Script#Provably_Unspendable.2FPrunable_Outputs" rel="nofollow">https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Script#Provably_Unspendable.2FPrunable_Outputs</a></p>

<p>P2Pool seems to accept them, so that could be a solution for you: submit them to a P2Pool node.</p>

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<p>As of now (February 2014), how easy is it to have a transaction which makes use of OP_RETURN data confirmed into a block? </p>

<p>Do standard nodes forward such transactions yet? Have major mining pools committed to support? </p>

<p>Are there specific steps that can improve the chances of such a transaction being mined, like connecting to certain nodes with advertised support, or adding extra transaction fees?</p>

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How widespread is OP_RETURN forwarding and mining (as of February 2014)?
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# How widespread is OP_RETURN forwarding and mining (as of February 2014)?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-02-14)

As of now (February 2014), how easy is it to have a transaction which makes use of OP\_RETURN data confirmed into a block?

Do standard nodes forward such transactions yet? Have major mining pools committed to support?

Are there specific steps that can improve the chances of such a transaction being mined, like connecting to certain nodes with advertised support, or adding extra transaction fees?

**Tags:** transactions, mining-pools, raw-transaction


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2014-02-27. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

It will take until bitcoind version 0.9 for wide spread support for relaying OP\_RETURN.

Adding fees will not help. Currently, transactions with OP\_RETURN are by default not relayed by the main net (last sentence):
<https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Script#Provably_Unspendable.2FPrunable_Outputs>

P2Pool seems to accept them, so that could be a solution for you: submit them to a P2Pool node.


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