snotklap on Nostr: Yes, spammers can still submit transactions directly to miners through private ...

Yes, spammers can still submit transactions directly to miners through private channels. But this isn’t free... it transforms spam from a low-cost, frictionless broadcast into a high-cost act of collusion. It requires coordination, trust, infrastructure, and, above all, higher fees. Filters work by raising the price of spam. That alone is victory.

Their argument is, at its core: “Because some will defect, all must submit.” That is slave morality.

If filtered nodes cause divergence, that’s not a failure... it’s a revelation. It exposes where sovereignty really lies: not in the many, but in the few who validate blocks. The real fear is not about spam, but about unmasking how centralized the network already is.

To say filtered nodes increase centralisation is to say: “Only total submission preserves unity.” But the filtered node refuses this. It says: “I choose what I propagate. I define my values.” It is not a passive conduit for garbage. It is a declaration of independence in a system quietly ruled by pools.