According to @BitMEXResearch, the latest review of the OP_RETURN policy limit highlights tension because filter proponents are asking other node runners to degrade their own node performance at their expense to benefit the wider ecosystem, source: @BitMEXResearch, Sep 30, 2025. According to @BitMEXResearch, this frames a concrete trade-off between individual node efficiency and network-level filtering goals that directly affects how data-carrying transactions are relayed, source: @BitMEXResearch, Sep 30, 2025. According to @BitMEXResearch, traders should monitor any relay policy shifts around OP_RETURN filters as signals for potential changes in transaction propagation dynamics that can impact BTC execution timing and liquidity conditions, source: @BitMEXResearch, Sep 30, 2025.

According to BitMEX Research, Binance is choosing Knots and needs to relay the spam since their own wallets generate the spam (source: BitMEX Research on X, Sep 26, 2025). BitMEX Research characterizes the transactions as spam and links Binance’s relay behavior to its node software choice described as Knots (source: BitMEX Research on X, Sep 26, 2025). The post provides no details on fee impact, timing, or operational changes, leaving any market impact unspecified (source: BitMEX Research on X, Sep 26, 2025).