This.

The constant echo that mining is about maximum profit is insane to me.

Bitcoin is not censorship-resistant unless freedom of speech and freedom of transaction exist and are upheld.

When someone demands that *everyone* includes their transaction, they, by default become the ‘boss of bitcoin’, thus centralizing control over the protocol whose main feature (along with the hard cap supply) is decentralized control.

If, in seeking maximum profit, we all let go of all our principles, how are we any better than the central banks?

Just as nostr:npub1qtvl2em0llpnnllffhat8zltugwwz97x79gfmxfz4qk52n6zpk3qq87dze can decide which transactions to include, each miner can choose where to point their hashpower ✌️

If #bitcoin is to usher in a true free market, that includes the miners being able to mine according to their principles.

Each is free to create their own pool and do the same. Then the market can, and will, decide. nostr:note18v6vdyq3cna2rsgxkne02w3tm2v4jg3smpzjk7vsut7qcjlsrglsvcjz3c