Transaction Outputs

Bitcoin ScriptPubKey Sizes and UTXO Impact

Full-chain history of non-OP_RETURN output scripts and the 34-byte BIP-110 rule-1 boundary, from the Genesis Block to the canonical chain tip.

Through block #967,115 · 2026-09-15 11:06:54 UTCChecking

Script size is the complete serialized scriptPubKey. Current active candidates are UTXO-eligible rule-1 failures that remain unspent at the live history tip; they are not the fixed all-output UTXO snapshot used on the Output Types page.

Rule-1 failing outputs 6,582,922 0.1798% of 3,660,285,521 non-OP_RETURN outputs

Affected transactions 3,023,999 Transactions containing at least one non-OP_RETURN failure

Cumulative failing value 31,734,389.35165654 BTC Value at creation; not a current balance

Current active candidates 2,707,377 41.1273% of created failures remain unspent

Current active value 1,714,896.93528463 BTC Exact live candidate UTXO state

History and active-state tip 967,115 canonical block · 2026-09-15 11:06 UTC

ScriptPubKey Rule-1 History

Created failures · Monthly · 5Y

Current-active values group today’s unspent candidates by creation month; they are not historical month-end UTXO snapshots.

Non-OP_RETURN script-size distribution

Buckets use complete serialized scriptPubKey bytes. Every bucket above 34 bytes fails the non-OP_RETURN rule-1 boundary.

↓ Full CSV ↓ Monthly CSV

Script bytes	Outputs	Share	Script total	Avg script	Rule-1 failures	Failing value
0-34	3,653,702,599	99.8202%	90.50 GB	25 B	0	0.00000000 BTC
101-223	2,761,223	0.0754%	293.93 MB	106 B	2,761,223	569.26856772 BTC
35	2,691,896	0.0735%	94.22 MB	35 B	2,691,896	297,849.84165269 BTC
36-67	910,168	0.0249%	60.39 MB	66 B	910,168	31,434,175.07454406 BTC
68-83	219,592	0.0060%	15.59 MB	71 B	219,592	1,794.73517859 BTC
224-1000	22	0.0000%	6.61 KB	301 B	22	0.06084406 BTC
1001-10000	12	0.0000%	54.75 KB	4.56 KB	12	0.11366000 BTC
84-100	9	0.0000%	836 B	93 B	9	0.25720942 BTC

Created failures by output type

Stable public taxonomy. Failure counts are output counts; affected transactions are deduplicated separately.

Output type	Failing outputs	Share of failures	Failing value	All type outputs	Type failure rate
Bare multisig	2,779,543	42.2235%	1,031.67042450 BTC	2,779,543	100.0000%
P2PK compressed	2,691,574	40.8872%	297,847.82287849 BTC	2,691,574	100.0000%
P2PK uncompressed	887,880	13.4876%	31,434,158.12709173 BTC	887,880	100.0000%
Other nonstandard	212,743	3.2317%	1,351.66898749 BTC	247,198	86.0618%
Unknown witness version	11,182	0.1699%	0.06227433 BTC	96,399	11.5997%

Current active UTXO candidates

Exact unspent candidate state at the canonical history tip, grouped by output type.

Output type	Active candidates	Share of active	Active value	Created failures	Count retention
Bare multisig	2,466,064	91.0868%	60.19061875 BTC	2,779,543	88.7219%
Other nonstandard	185,559	6.8538%	17.60115544 BTC	212,743	87.2221%
P2PK uncompressed	34,347	1.2686%	1,708,982.97332603 BTC	887,880	3.8684%
Unknown witness version	11,182	0.4130%	0.06227433 BTC	11,182	100.0000%
P2PK compressed	10,225	0.3777%	5,836.10791008 BTC	2,691,574	0.3799%

Methodology. The page excludes every output whose first script byte is OP_RETURN (0x6a). Under BIP-110 rule 1, every remaining output passes only when its complete scriptPubKey is at most 34 bytes. Script form, Core relay policy, standardness, spendability, and rule-1 status are separate properties. “Current active” includes only UTXO-eligible rule-1 candidates that remain unspent at the canonical tip; period values group that current state by creation period and do not reconstruct historical UTXO snapshots.