According to @BitMEXResearch, a tiny minority in Bitcoin can relax an incentive-incompatible network relay limit regardless of majority preferences, while a significant minority can still enforce existing consensus rules, source: @BitMEXResearch. For traders, this asymmetry signals potential shifts in mempool relay behavior and fee dynamics that can impact BTC confirmation times and short-term liquidity conditions, source: @BitMEXResearch. Actionable focus includes monitoring relay-policy discussions, client policy updates, and on-chain fee spikes as early indicators of policy divergence that may widen BTC perpetual spreads and alter options skew, source: @BitMEXResearch.

According to @BitMEXResearch, increasing Bitcoin’s OP_Return relay limit presents two outcomes: OP_Return usage rises, making it easier to run a node, or usage remains unchanged with no impact. source: @BitMEXResearch on X, Sep 3, 2025 The source frames the potential relay policy change as non-negative for node operability, indicating no adverse effect from their perspective. source: @BitMEXResearch on X, Sep 3, 2025 No timing, implementation details, or additional context were provided beyond these two stated outcomes. source: @BitMEXResearch on X, Sep 3, 2025