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The proposal suggests a soft-fork for age-based expiration of dust outputs to mitigate UTXO set clutter.

Since 2023, the UTXO set size has doubled to 11 GB due to spam activities.

The solution would make small, old outputs unspendable, allowing for UTXO set cleanup.

A new Tapscript leaf version aims to mitigate denial-of-service attacks in Bitcoin script execution.

The solution generalizes the sigops budget into a varops budget linked to transaction weight.

Community involvement is crucial in refining the varops budget through benchmark testing and feedback.

The Bitcoin community debates Core vs. Knots, highlighting issues like censorship and decentralization.

Hal Finney noted Bitcoin's lack of privacy undermines its fungibility as a global currency.

The post advocates for Mimblewimble integration to ensure privacy and counter centralization, emphasizing a return to Bitcoin's roots.