diff --git a/public/views/walletHome.html b/public/views/walletHome.html
index 0f5111b9d..ac57389ff 100644
--- a/public/views/walletHome.html
+++ b/public/views/walletHome.html
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ <h4 class="title m0" style="padding:10px 0 0; background-color: #F1F3F5;">
 	                </label>
 	                <div class="input">
 	                  <textarea id="comment" ng-disabled="home.blockUx" name="comment"
-	                    ng-maxlength="500" ng-model="_comment" ng-focus="home.formFocus('msg')"
+	                    ng-maxlength="500" maxlength="500" ng-model="_comment" ng-focus="home.formFocus('msg')"
 	                    ng-blur="home.formFocus(false)"></textarea>
 	                </div>
 	              </div>
@@ -724,7 +724,7 @@ <h4 ng-if="home.aa_dry_run_error || home.aa_message_results.length || home.aa_st
           <label style="float: left;">
             <span translate>Text to be forever saved on the DAG:</span>
           </label>
-          <textarea name="content" ng-model="home.content" placeholder="Text" required rows="4" ng-change="home.validateTextLength()" style="margin-bottom: 0px;/*font-family:SFMono-Regular,Consolas,Liberation Mono,Menlo,Courier,monospace;*/" ng-trim="false"></textarea>
+          <textarea name="content" ng-model="home.content" placeholder="Text" required rows="10" ng-change="home.validateTextLength()" style="margin-bottom: 0px;/*font-family:SFMono-Regular,Consolas,Liberation Mono,Menlo,Courier,monospace;*/" ng-trim="false"></textarea>
           <div ng-if="sendDataForm.content.$invalid && home.content" class="text-warning size-12" translate>Too long text</div>
           <div ng-if="sendDataForm.content.$valid || !home.content" class="size-12">{{home.content.length || 0}} <span translate>character(s)</span></div>
         </div>
diff --git a/src/js/controllers/walletHome.js b/src/js/controllers/walletHome.js
index f614b9371..6c6767321 100644
--- a/src/js/controllers/walletHome.js
+++ b/src/js/controllers/walletHome.js
@@ -959,7 +959,7 @@ angular.module('copayApp.controllers')
 
 		this.validateTextLength = function () {
 			var form = $scope.sendDataForm;
-			form.content.$setValidity('validLength', !(self.content && self.content.length > 140));
+			form.content.$setValidity('validLength', !(self.content && self.content.length > 280));
 		}
 
 		this.onAddressChanged = function () {