According to @Excellion on X (formerly Twitter), the payment for submitting the Bitcoin OP_RETURN pull request was actually made in 2023, not this year, with @darosior executing the submission to credit Peter Todd as motivation (Source: x.com/Excellion, x.com/darosior). This clarification is important for traders monitoring Bitcoin network development, as OP_RETURN changes influence transaction transparency and data embedding on the blockchain, potentially affecting on-chain analytics and related altcoin projects.