Relay policy/nonstandardness efforts are NOT NEUTRAL. They can be CORRUPTED/INFLUENCED.
FEES on the other hand will be neutral and ultimately be more resistant to influence.
Perhaps Bitcoin Core has arrived at a rough concensus that this is true and is *asking* the community to take on the filtering.
Have you ever worried that the op return limit that’s been in place for like 12 years was going to turn into censorship of certain people from spending their BTC? 🤔
Well, how do you decide on the number of bytes? 40? 80? Maybe the close friend of an OG Core dev has a business that 80 is bad, but 83 works? Do you just say why not 85, *it doesn't matter that much*. Point is that Core or Knots devs or whoever has the mantle can be subtle influenced. Not true with fees as the filter - much more neutral and ultimately fair. Core does not want to be in charge of filtering. Let the community deal with it - which seems to be whats starting to happen
