{"id":428817,"date":"2026-05-30T00:28:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T18:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/you-can-now-read-the-us-constitution-via-the-bitcoin-blockchain-crypto-news\/"},"modified":"2026-05-30T00:54:25","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T19:24:25","slug":"you-can-now-read-the-us-constitution-via-the-bitcoin-blockchain-crypto-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/you-can-now-read-the-us-constitution-via-the-bitcoin-blockchain-crypto-news\/","title":{"rendered":"You Can Now Read the US Constitution via the Bitcoin Blockchain – Crypto News"},"content":{"rendered":"
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  • An anonymous Bitcoin user inscribed the text of the American Constitution on the Bitcoin blockchain.<\/li>\n
  • The act was possible as thanks to the OP_RETURN output field and last year’s removal of a byte limit.<\/li>\n
  • The user paid around $83 in transaction fees to achieve the feat, though it’s not yet known who inscribed the text.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n

    We the people of the cryptocurrency ecosystem… can now read the entire U.S. Constitution directly from the Bitcoin<\/a> blockchain.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

    The feat was made possible late Thursday when an anonymous Bitcoin user inscribed the document\u2019s text directly onto the immutable blockchain, making it accessible on-chain for the duration of the network\u2019s existence.<\/span><\/p>\n

    The 44.4 kilobyte transaction\u2014significant in size for Bitcoin\u2014cost the user around $83.41 in transaction fees, according to a <\/span>blockchain explorer<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

    By comparison, other, simpler Bitcoin transactions around the same time\u2014<\/span>like a transfer of around 0.01 BTC<\/span><\/a>\u2014registered at just 227 bytes, or around 0.5% of the size as the inscription. Even when overpaying by more than 105x, that transaction cost just $17, or about 20% of the Constitution\u2019s etching.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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    Nothing says freedom like paying 83 bucks to etch the constitution into a blockchain forever<\/p>\n

    \u2014 Macro Bombastic (@MacroBombastic) May 29, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

    The inscription was made using Bitcoin\u2019s \u201cOP_RETURN\u201d output field, which allows users to attach information to transactions. Previously, that field had a byte limit, but <\/span>a change last year removed the cap<\/span><\/a>, therefore enabling the large inscription.<\/span><\/p>\n

    The change, a <\/span>hotly contested subject among Bitcoin developers<\/span><\/a>, was debated for months by those close to the network. Supporters viewed it as an enhancement, allowing the Bitcoin network to support more use cases. Meanwhile, detractors called it a shift in the original ethos of the network, from financial transactions to data storage.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

    Since the byte limit removal, a <\/span>proposal<\/span><\/a> has been made to deal with arbitrary data.<\/span><\/p>\n