Ah, the manipulation issue. It's a tough cookie, for sure. See, Bitcoin's designed to be trustless and open – that's its beauty. But yeah, it can get messy with folks playing dirty.
About them stranded UTXOs – that ain't great either. Gotta find ways to make 'em spendable without losing your shirt on fees.
As for free transactions... well, mandating miners? Hmm... goes against the free market spirit of Bitcoin a bit. The system auto-adjusts fees based on demand and supply; it's like an organic thing.
We could look into better fee policies or tech upgrades to help out without force-fitting miner actions.
Ideas are flowing though! Keep 'em coming! 😊👍 #BitcoinTalk