Read_881 - The Problem is Deeper Than Spam

What if the real issue is actually much deeper than how to deal
with spam?

Everyone is arguing about mempool settings, who gets to decide
the policy, what spam is, can it be filtered, and what the
consequences of doing so are on the network. But this all stems
from a much more serious and too often ignored issue, something
that still seemingly VERY few people are doing anything concrete
about: that Bitcoin has no miners, it has hashers and barely a
handful of centalized pools that control what goes into
blocks...

How does this relate to the spam issue, and can anything be done
about it? This is a crucial episode for anyone who wants to
understand the OP_RETURN wars.


Check out the original article by Unhosted Marcellus here:
LOPP_RETURN Wars - The Problem is Deeper Than Spam Filters 


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