It doesn’t matter too much because existing consensus rules already allow spam. It would take a consensus change (rather than just node-relay behavior) to truly limit spam that people are willing to pay for, which is unlikely to get broad enough support. I would not support consensus changes to allow or incentivize more spam. Such a stance can only be supported if one is long-term bearish on monetary/settlement demand.

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Felipe 9 months ago
So, spam filters work, but not completely. And the op_return debate is still reasonable to have? I'm still puzzled about what would happen in the case of continuously orphaned blocks.