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Overview

OP_RETURN Snapshot

OP_RETURN Outputs Created
238,518,565
at height 958,441
Payload (all)
5.03 GB
Height
958,441
Last Data Update
2026-07-17 18:28:28 UTC
First observed OP_RETURN
2013-03-29 14:18:58 UTC @ 228,596 (tx 1a2e...93fc)*  ·  Size:20bytes
Last observed OP_RETURN
2026-07-17 18:27:58 UTC @ 958,441 (tx cff3...da0c)*  ·  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
2026-07-17 15:43:17 UTC @ 958,432 (tx 2358...f56e)*  ·  Size:931bytes
Scanned blocks
958,442
Scanned Txs
1,398,810,302
(*) 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 (7,015,588 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
684.76 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
238,518,565
Outputs with payload >= 224 B
3,436
Output share >= 224 B
0.001441 %
Txs with OP_RETURN
237,886,252
Total Tx outputs
3,831,507,280
Non-OP_RETURN outputs
3,592,988,715
OP_RETURN tx share
17.006 %
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 57,078,418 56,989,484 951.50 MB 1.12 GB 16.7 B 18.926 % 184 KB 28,101
2025 44,342,296 44,190,163 751.00 MB 881.89 MB 16.9 B 14.938 % 985 KB 53,082
2024 83,164,438 83,087,898 563.37 MB 811.52 MB 6.8 B 11.206 % 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 3.224 % 80 B 52,686
2020 7,915,402 7,845,311 442.95 MB 463.42 MB 56.0 B 8.811 % 86 B 53,222
2019 28,398,777 28,360,598 1.55 GB 1.63 GB 54.7 B 30.907 % 80 B 54,232
2018 6,795,367 6,788,399 302.89 MB 319.09 MB 44.6 B 6.025 % 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 44.118 % 80 B 210,000
Epoch 4 11,311,356 11,041,938 556.29 MB 586.09 MB 49.2 B 11.065 % 8 KB 210,000
Epoch 5 183,310,452 183,019,276 2.23 GB 2.78 GB 12.2 B 44.374 % 985 KB 118,442

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.
0 512,920 1-40 204,032,866 41-75 5,813,283 76-80 28,132,334 81-223 23,726 224-255 1,496 256-1000 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
0 512,920 0.2150 % 2013-03-29 14:18:58 UTC 228,596
1-40 204,032,866 85.5417 % 2013-03-29 14:18:58 UTC 228,596
41-75 5,813,283 2.4372 % 2013-10-29 22:11:04 UTC 266,766
76-80 28,132,334 11.7946 % 2013-11-05 11:23:00 UTC 268,060
81-223 23,726 0.0099 % 2013-07-03 15:48:33 UTC 244,591
224-255 1,496 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
870,787 2024-11-18 00:31:51 UTC First in bucket 40001-60000 First OP_RETURN payload in bucket 40001-60000 2b72...a8a9 –
870,683 2024-11-17 06:59:15 UTC Record max payload New record: max OP_RETURN payload bytes fd3c...53bc 79,870
870,683 2024-11-17 06:59:15 UTC First in bucket 60001-80000 First OP_RETURN payload in bucket 60001-80000 fd3c...53bc –
868,113 2024-10-30 16:52:39 UTC Record max payload New record: max OP_RETURN payload bytes 2e33...8b93 18,121
868,113 2024-10-30 16:52:39 UTC First in bucket 10001-20000 First OP_RETURN payload in bucket 10001-20000 2e33...8b93 –
829,644 2024-02-09 09:29:28 UTC First in bucket 224-255 First OP_RETURN payload in bucket 224-255 6e24...71ce –
827,668 2024-01-27 17:41:31 UTC Record max payload New record: max OP_RETURN payload bytes 4719...5754 7,588
827,541 2024-01-26 23:15:07 UTC Record max payload New record: max OP_RETURN payload bytes 33a2...e701 7,304
827,529 2024-01-26 21:44:26 UTC Record max payload New record: max OP_RETURN payload bytes 8c9f...921b 3,025
827,529 2024-01-26 21:44:26 UTC First in bucket 1001-10000 First OP_RETURN payload in bucket 1001-10000 8c9f...921b –
Showing 11–20 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 273 1.8 KB 546 14.9 KB 819 120.9 KB 1,092 984.6 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.
0 374 748 1,122 1,496 224-255 224-255 256-511 256-511 512-1023 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
931,894 2026-01-11 22:35:22 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 986 bytes c92f...c487 986
931,196 2026-01-06 23:15:26 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 12,444 bytes 6eb4...2056 12,444
931,190 2026-01-06 23:02:47 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 1,012 bytes 3bce...47f4 1,012
931,046 2026-01-05 21:03:13 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 319 bytes 506e...a019 319
931,003 2026-01-05 12:56:29 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 298 bytes 2b2c...b6b4 298
931,003 2026-01-05 12:56:29 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 340 bytes a111...64b4 340
930,878 2026-01-04 15:46:19 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 371 bytes eb04...8ce2 371
930,860 2026-01-04 13:02:06 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 1,717 bytes 1290...2f8f 1,717
930,636 2026-01-03 00:37:46 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 403 bytes b1b7...af2f 403
930,489 2026-01-01 23:32:43 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 530 bytes f0d6...5122 530
929,936 2025-12-29 00:01:18 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 318 bytes 8ccb...25a3 318
929,866 2025-12-28 13:46:53 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 252 bytes 6d33...51ca 252
929,654 2025-12-27 02:14:58 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 33,170 bytes 820f...c518 33,170
929,497 2025-12-26 01:39:07 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 313 bytes cd8f...dbc9 313
929,497 2025-12-26 01:39:07 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 335 bytes e035...01db 335
929,274 2025-12-24 12:33:04 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 337 bytes 7246...9827 337
929,274 2025-12-24 12:33:04 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 236 bytes 724b...9071 236
929,173 2025-12-23 21:47:50 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 293 bytes fd68...b9d8 293
929,004 2025-12-22 17:45:55 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 243 bytes 8bd8...f31a 243
928,999 2025-12-22 16:47:09 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 306 bytes c84f...b196 306
928,983 2025-12-22 14:49:18 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 245 bytes 67d7...d15c 245
928,983 2025-12-22 14:49:18 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 376 bytes e8fe...bd17 376
928,192 2025-12-16 23:23:20 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 275 bytes 0cf1...b182 275
928,192 2025-12-16 23:23:20 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 370 bytes 8e05...ca52 370
928,192 2025-12-16 23:23:20 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 289 bytes c3d5...d3a3 289
928,190 2025-12-16 23:08:58 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 262 bytes 0e3f...f4e4 262
928,190 2025-12-16 23:08:58 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 323 bytes 57f1...911e 323
928,190 2025-12-16 23:08:58 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 243 bytes 5d2f...9129 243
928,190 2025-12-16 23:08:58 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 276 bytes 7bbd...d9bc 276
928,190 2025-12-16 23:08:58 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 241 bytes bab7...8447 241
927,981 2025-12-15 14:57:52 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 356 bytes d3a2...f7e9 356
927,787 2025-12-14 00:44:35 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 292 bytes 7199...3cee 292
927,784 2025-12-13 23:54:44 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 285 bytes cf25...645b 285
927,784 2025-12-13 23:54:44 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 289 bytes d25e...5472 289
927,784 2025-12-13 23:54:44 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 253 bytes d9f5...fafd 253
927,739 2025-12-13 16:25:30 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 289 bytes ec5d...1a01 289
927,500 2025-12-12 00:14:12 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 2,015 bytes 9885...b4b1 2,015
927,496 2025-12-11 23:42:52 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 999 bytes f3a8...a8a4 999
926,996 2025-12-08 14:15:41 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 1,197 bytes 18fd...2c11 1,197
926,931 2025-12-08 02:59:59 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 339 bytes 8e4b...6e62 339
926,883 2025-12-07 21:00:56 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 272 bytes e16b...caeb 272
926,881 2025-12-07 20:20:51 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 496 bytes cd05...29f3 496
926,878 2025-12-07 20:01:17 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 1,339 bytes 2fdc...dfcc 1,339
926,867 2025-12-07 18:30:09 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 314 bytes 09b7...cfe3 314
926,852 2025-12-07 16:24:42 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 9,804 bytes 64f0...0a1d 9,804
926,852 2025-12-07 16:24:42 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 293 bytes c1f4...d400 293
926,540 2025-12-05 16:12:19 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 682 bytes e359...b062 682
926,540 2025-12-05 16:12:19 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 662 bytes edf0...124e 662
926,171 2025-12-02 18:26:07 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 6,951 bytes 0563...5895 6,951
926,140 2025-12-02 13:48:11 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 82,573 bytes 8546...3c87 82,573
Showing 2,701–2,750 of 3,416
Rows: 10 20 50
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