# Merged and Divided URL: /show/this-week-in-bitcoin/60/ > Bitcoin Core merges bold and contentious updates; I get into their reasons why. Plus, Inflation eases for now, but the trend is clear. Why we can expect higher for longer. - Show: [This Week In Bitcoin](/show/this-week-in-bitcoin/) - Episode: 60 - Date: 2025-06-11 - Hosts: chris - Duration: 01:02:24 - Audio: https://op3.dev/e/serve.podhome.fm/episode/f01a19c0-6f9d-4aef-9515-08dc15242149/6388527195856762737dae1fa3-6c6b-42b2-af05-8263a8aa40b9v1.mp3 ### Episode Links **Affiliate Links:** * 🇺🇸 [Buy Sats on River](https://partner.river.com/jupiter) \- The best way to stack in the US * 🇨🇦 [The Bitcoin Well](https://www.bitcoinwell.com/jupiter) \- An amazing automatic self-custody Bitcoin platform * ⚡ [The Bitcoin Company](https://app.thebitcoincompany.com/signup?ref=JUPITER) \- Spending your Bitcoin Via Lightning * 🏦 [Fold Card](https://use.foldapp.com/r/XNHPXTFC) \- Pay bills Stack Sats * 💵 [SALT Lending ](https://borrower.saltlending.com/register?referralCode=GkPQdbqWG)\- Get access to your BTC Value w/out Selling **LINKS:** * [CPI inflation report May 2025: U.S. inflation rises 0.1%](https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/11/cpi-inflation-may-2025.html) * [Here's the inflation breakdown for May 2025 — in one chart](https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/11/heres-the-inflation-breakdown-for-may-2025-in-one-chart.html) * [Trump’s tariffs have so far caused little inflation](https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2025/06/05/trumps-tariffs-have-so-far-caused-little-inflation) * [Vance joins Trump in bashing Powell, says Fed committing 'monetary malpractice' by not cutting rates](https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/11/vance-joins-trump-in-bashing-powell-says-fed-committing-monetary-malpractice-by-not-cutting-rates.html) * [ECB cuts interest rates to 2% in effort to bolster flagging eurozone growth | European Central Bank ](https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jun/05/european-central-bank-ecb-interest-rate-cut-economic-growth-eurozone) * [Euro Rebounds to $1.14 after ECB Rates Cut](https://dmarketforces.com/euro-rebounds-to-1-14-after-ecb-rates-cut/) * [277\. Lyn Alden Nothing Stops This Train - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KumiLzAcqPE) * [BlackRock Bitcoin Fund Flies Past $70,000,000,000 Faster Than Any Other ETF in History](https://dailyhodl.com/2025/06/10/blackrock-bitcoin-fund-flies-past-70000000000-faster-than-any-other-etf-in-history-bloomberg-analyst/) * [Bitcoin is introduced into Africa's largest slum, with risks and rewards - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqREM62cAqk) * [opportunity-cost: See every price in Bitcoin. Understand the Bitcoin opportunity cost of your purchases.](https://github.com/TFTC-Holdings-Inc/opportunity-cost) * [Inflated - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlsIYfZQ2pk) **PR #32406 LINKS** * [RFC 7282 - On Consensus and Humming in the IETF](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7282#page-7) * [Relax OP_RETURN standardness restrictions](https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c/d6ZO7gXGYbQ/m/mJyek28lDAAJ?pli=1) * [Addressing community concerns and objections regarding my recent proposal to relax Bitcoin Core's standardness limits on OP_RETURN outputs - Philosophy - Delving Bitcoin](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/addressing-community-concerns-and-objections-regarding-my-recent-proposal-to-relax-bitcoin-cores-standardness-limits-on-op-return-outputs/1697) * [Addressing community concerns and objections regarding my recent proposal to relax Bitcoin Core's standardness limits on OP_RETURN outputs - Philosophy - Delving Bitcoin](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/addressing-community-concerns-and-objections-regarding-my-recent-proposal-to-relax-bitcoin-cores-standardness-limits-on-op-return-outputs/1697) * [OP_RETURN limits: Pros and Cons - Implementation - Delving Bitcoin](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/op-return-limits-pros-and-cons/1645/6) * [A Comprehensive OP_RETURN Limits Q&A Resource to Combat Misinformation - Philosophy - Delving Bitcoin](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/a-comprehensive-op-return-limits-q-a-resource-to-combat-misinformation/1689) * [Quick questions about OP_RETURN? Quick answers here. \ stacker news ~bitcoin](https://stacker.news/items/971277) * [mononaut on X: "the deluge continues. Mara earned an extra 0.018 BTC by stuffing this block full of non-standard op_returns. ](https://x.com/mononautical/status/1920221641948246081) / X * [Ghost of Unhosted Marcellus 👻 on X: "The OP_RETURN thread is way due for an update 🧵 I'm happy to report that the spammers took my challenge seriously and for the month of May (blocks 894655 to 899281) we saw 13325 non-std OP_RETURNs on the chain. That's 443x times what we saw from January to April 2025! ](https://x.com/oomahq/status/1930401993341776173)[ / X](https://x.com/oomahq/status/1930401993341776173) * [Quick questions about OP_RETURN? Quick answers here. ](https://stacker.news/items/971277?commentId=971285) * [Addressing community concerns and objections regarding my recent proposal to relax Bitcoin Core's standardness limits on OP_RETURN outputs - Philosophy - Delving Bitcoin](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/addressing-community-concerns-and-objections-regarding-my-recent-proposal-to-relax-bitcoin-cores-standardness-limits-on-op-return-outputs/1697) * [Addressing community concerns and objections regarding my recent proposal to relax Bitcoin Core's standardness limits on OP_RETURN outputs - Philosophy - Delving Bitcoin](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/addressing-community-concerns-and-objections-regarding-my-recent-proposal-to-relax-bitcoin-cores-standardness-limits-on-op-return-outputs/1697) * [Mechanic #FixTheFilters #300kb on X: "Bitcoin runs on incentives. Nodes have no incentive to relay trash and assist in making their own transactions more expensive. The only reason they would is because they've had a 1984-style deletion of the instinct to differentiate between genuine usage of Bitcoin as money and" / X](https://x.com/GrassFedBitcoin/status/1921219038430015758) * [Relax OP_RETURN standardness restrictions](https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c/d6ZO7gXGYbQ/m/lP69f0KaAQAJ) * [Just a moment…](https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/122321/when-is-op-return-cheaper-than-op-false-op-if) * [Relax OP_RETURN standardness restrictions](https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c/d6ZO7gXGYbQ/m/6PYyNG6UAQAJ) * [Relax OP_RETURN standardness restrictions](https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c/d6ZO7gXGYbQ/m/GRKe8kq-EgAJ) * [The Spam problem of Bitcoin and Unpermissioned Broadcast Networks in general - Economics - Delving Bitcoin](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/the-spam-problem-of-bitcoin-and-unpermissioned-broadcast-networks-in-general/1692/2) * [Waiting for confirmation: a series about mempool and relay policy | Bitcoin Optech](https://bitcoinops.org/en/blog/waiting-for-confirmation/#network-resources) **MUSIC:** * [Decentrealise BY Zazawowow](https://podcastindex.org/podcast/7369137)