Leonidas proposes Bitcoin $DOG Mode client
Ordinals developer Leonidas proposed an open-source Bitcoin client, Bitcoin $DOG Mode, to raise max transaction weight to 3.9M WU and cut the dust limit to 1 satoshi.
Bitcoin developer Leonidas proposed an open-source client called Bitcoin $DOG Mode in a post on X on Friday. The client would raise the maximum per-transaction weight to 3.9 million weight units (WU) and lower the dust limit to 1 satoshi.
Weight units measure how much block space a transaction uses. Bitcoin’s block weight cap is 4,000,000 WU and Bitcoin Core’s default per-transaction limit is 400,000 WU. A 3.9 million WU cap would allow transactions that approach the size of a full block.
The dust limit sets the smallest output amount that node software treats as economically spendable. Default node policies currently treat dust outputs as roughly 294 to 546 satoshis depending on output type. Reducing that threshold to 1 satoshi would remove the need for creators to add extra value to outputs so transactions are accepted by default nodes.
Leonidas presented the client as a way to ease use of Ordinals inscriptions and Runes, token-like schemes built on Bitcoin. Larger allowed transactions could let creators include bigger inscriptions or multiple items in a single broadcast. A 1-satoshi dust floor would reduce the need to “pad” outputs to meet node policy and improve the chance a transaction propagates across the network.
Leonidas wrote on X: “Bitcoin Core and Bitcoin Knots have spent years enforcing rules that Bitcoin itself does not have. The $DOG Army is done asking for permission. It is time to remove even more of these frivolous restrictions.”
Bitcoin $DOG Mode would serve as an alternative to Bitcoin Core and Bitcoin Knots. The protocol permits multiple client implementations, but changes to de facto network policy require adoption by node operators, miners and wallet developers before they affect how the network operates.
Supporters of Ordinals and Runes say the schemes expand use cases on Bitcoin. Critics say inscriptions and similar schemes add data to blocks and can increase fees, and some participants in the community have publicly opposed proposals that would accommodate them.
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