Someone Just Inscribed the U.S. Constitution onto the Bitcoin Blockchain
An unknown individual has inscribed the full text of the U.S. Constitution onto the Bitcoin blockchain in a transaction costing approximately $83. This significant event took place on May 28, 2026, and utilized new features in Bitcoin's protocol to embed the entire document. The inscription has sparked discussions within the Bitcoin community regarding the implications of storing large amounts of data on the blockchain.
- ▪The transaction was confirmed at 8:25 p.m. UTC on May 28, 2026.
- ▪It cost 113,454 satoshis, equivalent to about $83.41 in fees.
- ▪The inscription utilized the OP_RETURN output field to permanently record the Constitution's text on-chain.
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