"Fees alone don’t filter — MARA shows us that"
On a long enough time window fees do work. The spammers/scammers have to work in the real world and pay... forever. Eventually whatever the *non-finacial data value is* it will have to outcompete bitcoin's NGU. The fee market is actually the ultimate neutral uncorruptable filter. It is also relentless: they (VC, spam bros, alt token bros) have to pay, then pay, the pay again forever. If their *use* doesnt provide lasting value to humans, then it will be priced out. If it actually does, meaning it outcompetes bitcoin's hurdle rate, then we are collectively better off as the monkey jpeg turned out to be super useful - doubt this outcome, but one never can be 100%🤣
McCoy
npub18y…qx5t7
2025-06-10 02:47:01
in reply to nevent1q…arvl
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2025-06-10 02:47:01Event JSON
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