<p>Currently, there are no BIPS (Bitcoin Improvement Proposals) that seek to increase the 80 byte limit as you can see <a href="https://github.com/bitcoin/bips" rel="nofollow">here</a>.</p>

<p>Doing a cursory <a href="https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&amp;q=OP_RETURN" rel="nofollow">search on that repository</a>, you can see that only a few mention OP_RETURN at all.</p>

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Jimmy Song
<p>Does any current SegWit or blocksize increase proposal also seek an increase in the OP_RETURN byte limit?</p>

<p><a href="https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/OP_RETURN" rel="nofollow">https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/OP_RETURN</a></p>

<p>Are there any current pull requests that seek an increase in the current 80 byte limit?</p>

<p>If the current OP_RETURN byte limit is 80, why does the StackExchange "op-return" tag still reference a 40 byte limit?</p>

<p>"An opcode that allows you to create an unspendable transaction output that stores up to 40 bytes of data."</p>

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Does any current SegWit or blocksize increase proposal also seek an increase in the OP_RETURN byte limit?
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# Does any current SegWit or blocksize increase proposal also seek an increase in the OP_RETURN byte limit?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-06-29)

Does any current SegWit or blocksize increase proposal also seek an increase in the OP\_RETURN byte limit?

<https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/OP_RETURN>

Are there any current pull requests that seek an increase in the current 80 byte limit?

If the current OP\_RETURN byte limit is 80, why does the StackExchange "op-return" tag still reference a 40 byte limit?

"An opcode that allows you to create an unspendable transaction output that stores up to 40 bytes of data."

**Tags:** block-size-increase, op-return, segregated-witness


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2016-06-30. Score: 4 | Accepted answer

Currently, there are no BIPS (Bitcoin Improvement Proposals) that seek to increase the 80 byte limit as you can see [here](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips).

Doing a cursory [search on that repository](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=OP_RETURN), you can see that only a few mention OP\_RETURN at all.


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