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@ Bitman #FixTheFilters
2025-05-09 20:49:17
If your tx is non-standard and only a small subset of nodes accepts it, its propagation is severely limited. That drastically reduces its chances of reaching any miner, unless a miner is explicitly accepting or directly given the tx. That’s why out of 7 million standard op_return txs in 2025 only 30 are non-standard. You can verify this. This’s why Ordinals have to rely on alternative node software (like Libre) or private miner deals (Slipstream) in case the broken datacarriersize gets fixed someday and they no longer can fool nodes to be recognised as standard. Nodes don’t just serve as a private pleb relays or balance checkers. They have security purposes in the policy part where they can be reactive in situations that are precisely as the current one. Bitcoin has a rich history of spam attacks and many of them have been mitigated by making swift changes to policy.