TREE NEWS reports: Galaxy Research said roughly 40 inscriptions made of random letters have appeared daily on the Bitcoin network over the past three weeks, but the text is not encrypted information. Analyzing 562 such texts, the firm found all 26 English letters appeared at frequencies between 3.6% and 4.2%, a distribution clearly different from normal English. On-chain behavior also shows automation, with transactions typically containing one input, a new change address and an OP_RETURN output, forming chains as long as 86 transactions.
Galaxy Research: Bitcoin ‘garbled inscriptions’ not hidden messages
The value here is less about the inscriptions themselves than about Galaxy applying statistical and on-chain forensics to a phenomenon that invites conspiratorial readings. The uniform letter distribution and the mechanical transaction structure point to scripted, low-cost data embedding rather than hidden communication, which matters for anyone assessing whether Bitcoin's block space is being used for noise or signaling. The open question is whether this automated pattern persists or evolves, and whether the volume becomes material to fee dynamics or to how observers interpret OP_RETURN activity.
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