We the people of the cryptocurrency ecosystem... can now read the entire U.S. Constitution directly from the Bitcoin blockchain. The feat was made possible late Thursday when an anonymous Bitcoin user inscribed the document’s text directly onto the immutable blockchain, making it accessible on-chain for the duration of the network’s existence. The 44.4 kilobyte transaction—significant in size for Bitcoin—cost the user around $83.41 in transaction fees, according to a blockchain explorer. By comparison, other, simpler Bitcoin transactions around the same time—like a transfer of around 0.01 BTC—registered at just 227 ... (full story)