💯 And even before that, there is no logical argument that says a miner deserves to be or remain profitable in the first place. The difficulty adjustment allows hash rate to come and go without severely impacting the overall performance of the network. If a miner becomes too big to sustain their operation on current fees and block reward, then they need to scale back or shut down and that hash rate will go elsewhere over time. There is no need for bail outs or welfare to keep miners afloat, and that’s what the spam-advocates seem to want.