BTCGuild now mines OP_RETURN - so there's nothing preventing you from using it.
EDIT: As does eligus (they have always accepted nonstandard transactions).
EDIT: As does eligus (they have always accepted nonstandard transactions).
We do have plans to move this. We previously decided against because we felt it might take too long for the transaction to get confirmed and wanted to at least wait til there is at least 50% pool market share that mines OP_RETURN.
On second thought, we might move to OP_RETURN in the next week, I will certain evaluate this a bit more tonight.
The backup plan is still to move to OP_RETURN once v0.9 is adopted or more miners start accepting OP_RETURN
If people are really wanting something to be stored forever, is an extra hour or two really going to matter? BTCGuild is accepting OP_RETURN, along with several small outfits like Eligius, so it won't take days on end to confirm.
Not making any money actually. Project is open sourced too
-- OP_RETURN
Will probably move on the weekend.