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Overview

OP_RETURN Snapshot

OP_RETURN Outputs Created
238,551,568
at height 958,470
Payload (all)
5.03 GB
Height
958,470
Last Data Update
2026-07-18 00:29:23 UTC
First observed OP_RETURN
2013-03-29 14:18:58 UTC @ 228,596 (tx 1a2e...93fc)*  ·  Size:20bytes
Last observed OP_RETURN
2026-07-18 00:29:09 UTC @ 958,470 (tx 5da1...788c)*  ·  Size:80bytes
First observed payload >= 224 B
2013-11-05 11:23:00 UTC @ 268,060 (tx d29c...bc9b)*  ·  Size:983bytes
Last observed payload >= 224 B
2026-07-18 00:28:04 UTC @ 958,469 (tx 051c...9129)*  ·  Size:228bytes
Scanned blocks
958,471
Scanned Txs
1,398,920,666
(*) Tx = transaction in that block with the highest OP_RETURN payload. If tied, first transaction in block order is used.

Size Metrics

OP_RETURN payload (all)
5.03 GB
Payload in txs with >= 224 B
7.02 MB (7,016,956 B)
Payload share from txs with >= 224 B
0.140 %
OP_RETURN data (script)
5.71 GB
OP_RETURN output serialized
7.86 GB
Payload push overhead
684.85 MB
Definition for >=224 B metrics: a Tx qualifies if it has at least one OP_RETURN output payload >= 224 bytes.

Output Metrics

OP_RETURN outputs created
238,551,568
Outputs with payload >= 224 B
3,442
Output share >= 224 B
0.001443 %
Txs with OP_RETURN
237,919,177
Total Tx outputs
3,831,780,211
Non-OP_RETURN outputs
3,593,228,643
OP_RETURN tx share
17.007 %
Time Series

OP_RETURN Data by Year

Payload bytes Push overhead bytes
Y-axis: GB per year
0 0.4 0.8 1.2 1.6 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026

By Year

CSV
Year OP_RETURN Outputs TXs with OP_RETURN Payload Script Avg payload/output Share Max Payload Blocks
2026 57,111,421 57,022,409 952.16 MB 1.12 GB 16.7 B 18.936 % 184 KB 28,130
2025 44,342,296 44,190,163 751.00 MB 881.89 MB 16.9 B 14.936 % 985 KB 53,082
2024 83,164,438 83,087,898 563.37 MB 811.52 MB 6.8 B 11.204 % 80 KB 53,473
2023 1,927,691 1,879,343 69.96 MB 75.61 MB 36.3 B 1.391 % 80 B 53,999
2022 1,943,342 1,873,832 127.00 MB 132.11 MB 65.3 B 2.526 % 80 B 53,188
2021 2,949,557 2,868,415 162.08 MB 169.49 MB 54.9 B 3.223 % 80 B 52,686
2020 7,915,402 7,845,311 442.95 MB 463.42 MB 56.0 B 8.809 % 86 B 53,222
2019 28,398,777 28,360,598 1.55 GB 1.63 GB 54.7 B 30.903 % 80 B 54,232
2018 6,795,367 6,788,399 302.89 MB 319.09 MB 44.6 B 6.024 % 80 B 54,498
2017 2,254,393 2,253,947 63.03 MB 67.55 MB 28.0 B 1.254 % 80 B 55,928
2016 1,080,837 1,080,819 31.04 MB 33.21 MB 28.7 B 0.617 % 80 B 54,851
2015 654,756 654,754 8.51 MB 9.53 MB 13.0 B 0.169 % 80 B 54,321
2014 12,851 12,849 358.01 KB 383.79 KB 27.9 B 0.007 % 186 B 58,865
2013 440 440 18.48 KB 19.39 KB 42.0 B 0.000 % 983 B 63,433
2012 0 0 0.00 B 0.00 B 0.0 B 0.000 % 0 B 54,526
2011 0 0 0.00 B 0.00 B 0.0 B 0.000 % 0 B 59,627
2010 0 0 0.00 B 0.00 B 0.0 B 0.000 % 0 B 67,920
2009 0 0 0.00 B 0.00 B 0.0 B 0.000 % 0 B 32,490

By Subsidy Epoch

CSV
Epoch OP_RETURN Outputs TXs with OP_RETURN Payload Script Avg payload/output Share Max Payload Blocks
Epoch 1 0 0 0.00 B 0.00 B 0.0 B 0.000 % 0 B 210,000
Epoch 2 1,170,602 1,170,598 22.32 MB 24.38 MB 19.1 B 0.444 % 983 B 210,000
Epoch 3 42,726,155 42,654,440 2.22 GB 2.33 GB 51.9 B 44.112 % 80 B 210,000
Epoch 4 11,311,356 11,041,938 556.29 MB 586.09 MB 49.2 B 11.063 % 8 KB 210,000
Epoch 5 183,343,455 183,052,201 2.23 GB 2.78 GB 12.2 B 44.381 % 985 KB 118,471

OP_RETURN Outputs by Year

OP_RETURN outputs
Y-axis: count per year
0 20.8M 41.6M 62.4M 83.2M 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026

Average OP_RETURN Output Size (Payload Bytes) by Year

Y-axis: bytes per output (year)
0.0 B 16.3 B 32.7 B 49.0 B 65.3 B 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
Distribution

Bucket Distribution (log scale)

Bar length uses log10(count + 1) so long-tail buckets remain visible.
0 512,924 1-40 204,064,364 41-75 5,814,547 76-80 28,132,547 81-223 23,744 224-255 1,502 256-1000 1,393 1001-10000 478 10001-20000 24 20001-40000 17 40001-60000 4 60001-80000 4 80001-100000 17 100001-200000 1 200001-300000 0 300001-400000 0 400001-500000 0 500001-600000 0 600001-700000 0 700001-800000 0 800001-900000 0 900001-1000000 2 >1000000 0

Payload Buckets

CSV
Bucket Count Share First Seen (UTC) First Height
0 512,924 0.2150 % 2013-03-29 14:18:58 UTC 228,596
1-40 204,064,364 85.5431 % 2013-03-29 14:18:58 UTC 228,596
41-75 5,814,547 2.4374 % 2013-10-29 22:11:04 UTC 266,766
76-80 28,132,547 11.7931 % 2013-11-05 11:23:00 UTC 268,060
81-223 23,744 0.0100 % 2013-07-03 15:48:33 UTC 244,591
224-255 1,502 0.0006 % 2024-02-09 09:29:28 UTC 829,644
256-1000 1,393 0.0006 % 2013-11-05 11:23:00 UTC 268,060
1001-10000 478 0.0002 % 2024-01-26 21:44:26 UTC 827,529
10001-20000 24 0.0000 % 2024-10-30 16:52:39 UTC 868,113
20001-40000 17 0.0000 % 2024-11-18 03:26:28 UTC 870,805
40001-60000 4 0.0000 % 2024-11-18 00:31:51 UTC 870,787
60001-80000 4 0.0000 % 2024-11-17 06:59:15 UTC 870,683
80001-100000 17 0.0000 % 2025-05-10 09:14:50 UTC 896,088
100001-200000 1 0.0000 % 2026-05-18 18:30:04 UTC 949,973
200001-300000 0 0.0000 % – –
300001-400000 0 0.0000 % – –
400001-500000 0 0.0000 % – –
500001-600000 0 0.0000 % – –
600001-700000 0 0.0000 % – –
700001-800000 0 0.0000 % – –
800001-900000 0 0.0000 % – –
900001-1000000 2 0.0000 % 2025-05-14 16:36:24 UTC 896,696
>1000000 0 0.0000 % – –
Deep Dive

Record Milestones Timeline

Record max payload Record max OP_RETURN outputs per tx
payload outputs/tx 2013-02-26 2017-04-21 2021-06-14 2009-01-03 2025-08-07

Milestones

CSV
Height Time (UTC) Type Label Transaction Value
244,591 2013-07-03 15:48:33 UTC First in bucket 81-223 First OP_RETURN payload in bucket 81-223 e4d2...8595 –
228,596 2013-03-29 14:18:58 UTC Record max payload New record: max OP_RETURN payload bytes 1a2e...93fc 20
228,596 2013-03-29 14:18:58 UTC Record max OP_RETURN outputs per tx New record: max OP_RETURN outputs in single tx eb31...2f29 1
228,596 2013-03-29 14:18:58 UTC First in bucket 0 First OP_RETURN payload in bucket 0 eb31...2f29 –
228,596 2013-03-29 14:18:58 UTC First in bucket 1-40 First OP_RETURN payload in bucket 1-40 1a2e...93fc –
0 2009-01-03 18:15:05 UTC Record max payload New record: max OP_RETURN payload bytes – 0
0 2009-01-03 18:15:05 UTC Record max OP_RETURN outputs per tx New record: max OP_RETURN outputs in single tx – 0
Showing 31–37 of 37
Rows: 10 20 50
1 2 3 4
Large Payload

Large Payload Activity by Month

TX count (payload >= 224 bytes) Max payload in month (log scale)
Bars show monthly transaction count. Line shows monthly maximum payload size.
0 224.0 B 275 1.8 KB 549 14.9 KB 824 120.9 KB 1,098 984.6 KB 2013-11 2024-02 2024-04 2024-08 2024-11 2025-01 2025-03 2025-05 2025-07 2025-09 2025-11 2026-01 2026-03 2026-05 2026-07

Payload Size Distribution

Histogram buckets for transactions with OP_RETURN payload >= 224 bytes.
0 376 751 1,127 1,502 224-255 224-255 256-511 256-511 512-1023 512-1k 1024-2047 1k-2k 2048-4095 2k-4k 4096-8191 4k-8k 8192-16383 8k-16k 16384-32767 16k-32k 32768-65535 32k-65k 65536-131071 65k-131k 131072-262143 131k-262k 262144-524287 262k-524k >=524288 >=524k

Top 20 Largest Payload Transactions with payload >= 224 bytes

Top transactions by maximum OP_RETURN payload bytes in tx.
#1 b47e...59c7 984,587 B #2 516c...406b 979,842 B #3 0000...de07 184,303 B #4 64ab...e12a 99,000 B #5 91df...bf69 98,196 B #6 95d1...6052 97,446 B #7 156c...f077 97,347 B #8 976e...e3a3 97,338 B #9 4440...67df 94,496 B #10 eaf4...f968 86,820 B #11 8546...3c87 82,573 B #12 cf15...72c8 82,566 B #13 87ab...7dbd 82,560 B #14 ac5b...a655 82,560 B #15 e4a5...7204 82,559 B #16 baca...d5f8 82,558 B #17 ebb1...3e8e 82,558 B #18 5511...f9b9 82,549 B #19 00b8...5c04 82,547 B #20 b8b0...d571 82,546 B

Transactions with OP_RETURN payload >= 224 bytes

CSV
Height Time (UTC) Type Label Transaction Value
951,651 2026-05-30 03:01:01 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 910 bytes cbe7...0569 910
951,605 2026-05-29 19:47:00 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 293 bytes 7498...d485 293
951,575 2026-05-29 13:31:19 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 1,232 bytes efdb...1956 1,232
951,561 2026-05-29 11:53:34 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 909 bytes 593a...12a7 909
951,545 2026-05-29 09:32:28 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 909 bytes c289...91f7 909
951,532 2026-05-29 07:44:05 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 550 bytes 6b66...461f 550
951,530 2026-05-29 06:41:56 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 913 bytes fdcd...aea2 913
951,518 2026-05-29 05:11:42 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 911 bytes 1d27...29bd 911
951,518 2026-05-29 05:11:42 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 913 bytes 317e...6f3f 913
951,492 2026-05-29 00:25:30 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 44,194 bytes 261f...5686 44,194
951,487 2026-05-28 23:50:37 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 2,590 bytes 7557...4ee6 2,590
951,480 2026-05-28 23:07:15 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 2,196 bytes bd7c...fbd5 2,196
951,433 2026-05-28 16:56:30 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 911 bytes 3be2...761d 911
951,423 2026-05-28 15:28:17 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 1,236 bytes 9f97...b1b2 1,236
951,421 2026-05-28 15:05:04 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 913 bytes 7695...9e2b 913
951,367 2026-05-28 06:19:45 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 1,235 bytes f159...03f6 1,235
951,313 2026-05-27 22:06:09 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 911 bytes 030d...af22 911
951,313 2026-05-27 22:06:09 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 911 bytes e95c...7dbc 911
951,308 2026-05-27 21:38:33 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 911 bytes 7cad...bc12 911
951,293 2026-05-27 19:26:14 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 288 bytes c6c1...45b3 288
951,280 2026-05-27 16:56:53 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 1,714 bytes 2769...2906 1,714
951,262 2026-05-27 12:58:11 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 911 bytes 8f12...7bdf 911
951,241 2026-05-27 11:10:20 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 854 bytes a45d...4356 854
951,195 2026-05-27 01:17:34 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 910 bytes 551c...1a24 910
951,195 2026-05-27 01:17:34 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 910 bytes c7b0...8751 910
951,161 2026-05-26 19:37:08 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 292 bytes 9d15...775d 292
951,155 2026-05-26 18:36:26 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 499 bytes 1931...a572 499
951,155 2026-05-26 18:36:26 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 1,236 bytes 4b73...4f29 1,236
951,151 2026-05-26 17:58:04 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 460 bytes 3bc2...5831 460
951,130 2026-05-26 14:10:30 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 913 bytes 25d8...20bb 913
951,090 2026-05-26 07:08:41 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 1,192 bytes 0105...52a2 1,192
951,088 2026-05-26 07:06:32 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 850 bytes 1f4e...8e16 850
951,086 2026-05-26 06:49:27 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 1,191 bytes b57f...a7cb 1,191
951,084 2026-05-26 06:36:21 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 1,190 bytes 19b1...5e51 1,190
951,084 2026-05-26 06:36:21 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 1,190 bytes 8742...5483 1,190
951,051 2026-05-26 00:56:03 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 913 bytes a7f7...3ace 913
951,033 2026-05-25 22:21:22 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 450 bytes 1221...132a 450
951,023 2026-05-25 20:54:09 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 854 bytes 8b00...f789 854
951,017 2026-05-25 20:00:54 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 850 bytes d62c...363b 850
951,017 2026-05-25 20:00:54 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 1,192 bytes fbf1...ac7a 1,192
951,014 2026-05-25 19:35:33 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 293 bytes b83d...1e8a 293
950,981 2026-05-25 16:53:18 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 850 bytes 7615...4e96 850
950,965 2026-05-25 14:21:17 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 851 bytes a5cc...8c9b 851
950,965 2026-05-25 14:21:17 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 850 bytes b8db...85bd 850
950,957 2026-05-25 13:00:45 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 911 bytes b97d...f08f 911
950,954 2026-05-25 12:40:04 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 849 bytes 1720...40b2 849
950,946 2026-05-25 11:11:06 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 994 bytes 352a...80f1 994
950,946 2026-05-25 11:11:06 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 994 bytes e2b3...d689 994
950,941 2026-05-25 10:18:44 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 1,236 bytes 917d...2863 1,236
950,935 2026-05-25 09:16:24 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 851 bytes efa8...be0b 851
Showing 2,001–2,050 of 3,422
Rows: 10 20 50
1 … 39 40 41 42 43 … 69