Nostr Web Client

I had to listen to the WBD episode with Mechanic twice to make sure I got this right. One of the arguments Core is making is that nodes should have more complete mempools for better fee estimation. Mechanic said that Core doesn't even use the local mempool to estimate fees. I have no way to verify this, so correct me if I'm wrong, but if that's true that is a blatant contradiction. Why would this be an argument if it doesn't even apply to their own software? That's insane.

I'm not sure if it's exactly a smoking gun, but it's a pretty huge red flag to me. I've been defending them because the idea that the OG implementation is being corrupted is almost unthinkable and I wanted to believe Bitcoin is rock solid, but even so I've still mostly advocated to not force the removal of filters on the nodes. Now I don't know what to think. I might actually have to run Knots.

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Digital Panhandler 7mo ago

To filter or not to filter that is the question. Miners will charge more fees to mine gabage but who will compensate node runners to store that said gabage? Why even are they forced to store that gabage on their nodes? Thats my issue.

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Crizzo 7mo ago

I don't want garbage on my node either, but I also want the network to run smoothly and avoid the UTXO bloat problem. That's why I was willing to consider their arguments and believe they were made in good faith. Maybe they are just looking at this from too narrow "network health" perspective or maybe they are in fact being influenced by miners or special interests, I'm not sure it matters. I am not down to open the floodgates to relaying infinite op_returns. The issues that they are trying to solve are not urgent and other solutions need to be considered. I really hope they shelve this change soon so we can start focusing on alternatives.

Motorist 7mo ago

Your node is required to store some data to remain functional. People are abusing that to store data that is irrelevant to nodes.

It's like if someone pees in a public swimming pool, then someone else argues a pool is just a big urinal.