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@ Sjors Provoost
2025-04-26 12:55:01
Basically to back the age old tiring arguments around "spam" with some proof-of-work.
It's too cheap to say your node does X. It's even too cheap to say your pool censors X, since there's negligible revenue impact in the current fee market. And equally negligible hinderance for the person doing X, since it just goes in the next block.
Reorging a competitor block is an expensive signal. And if it succeeds it would deter other miners to include X.
Of course it would set a terrible example for governments to copy, but hey, gotta fight "spam" at all cost, right?