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January 09, 2015, 06:15:57 AM
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Or is it made to be completely arbitrary and useless? Huh
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January 09, 2015, 06:32:55 AM
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OP_NOP can allow extra embedded information, but you must mine the block yourself since it's non-standard, making it about as useful as DUCK_FART. ETA: Maybe legitimate use cases could be thought up back when mining a block by yourself wasn't a big deal.
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January 09, 2015, 07:53:42 AM
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Quote from: Taras on January 09, 2015, 06:15:57 AM
Or is it made to be completely arbitrary and useless? Huh

It is (They are) for implementation of new OP codes, eg.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=283746.0

https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0012.mediawiki
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