Individual node runners decide on the parameters of the filters. They bear the cost of running and maintaining their machines at no compensation, so they should have the final word on what to filter and what to relay. The “fee market competition” is showing that so far spam is outcompeting monetary transactions by overwhelming majority.
Individual node runners will seek guidance by those with tech expertise + motivation to set filters.
Should I dial it to 80 bytes or 83? How about 90? IDK *let me ask around*
Point is that this type of *filtering* on a long-time horizon can be corrupted/influenced, especially when compared to the level playing-field offered by a neutral agnostic fee market.
Yes and all of these arguments are still *very* weak justifications for removing the configurability of the filters or blowing them out completely. The “neutral agnostic fee market” only works well in a non-distorted system, that unfortunately has gone off the rails thanks to how centralised mining has become.
