>> but fear most are not The current distribution of clients indicates this is the case afaik. >> The main downside of that approach is it’s difficult to know if someone stays on an older version because they disagree with the direction Core v30 is taking or for some other reason. I don’t think the Core devs/maintainers will change their stance without a very clear signal that node operators are unhappy about making spamming easier. Be damned what anyone thinks. I understand your desire to have feedback loops, however, “sending a signal” is insufficient reason for me change policy which is personal to the user. >> like we currently see in Core representing such a large percentage of nodes. We also see a very large user base for knots, so it seems we both are happy at the variety and distribution of competing clients.