Read_881 - The Problem is Deeper Than Spam
By Guy Swann
Aired May 12, 2025 · 40m · Last boosted Jun 23, 2025
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What if the real issue is actually much deeper than how to deal with spam? Everyone is arguing about mempool settings, who gets to decide the policy, what spam is, can it be filtered, and what the consequences of doing so are on the network. But this all stems from a much more serious and too often ignored issue, something that still seemingly VERY few people are doing anything concrete about: that Bitcoin has no miners, it has hashers and barely a handful of centalized pools that control what goes into blocks... How does this...
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This episode finally helped me to see the light on the current Bicoin drama
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This man is so valuable
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Another awesome episode. Thanks Guy!
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This is a great article. Thanks for reading it to us 🔥
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