And as @lightcoin mentioned, the utxo set increases independent of if it’s spam or not

More users using bitcoin as money will also increase the utxo set

> Thanks for admitting that you don't care about node decentralization.

As I said, utreexo or something else will solve this issue. Node cost isn't an issue.

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> Right now, spam isn't meaningfully increasing the utxo set at all - in fact blocks are often not full.

If you only consider size and ignore how much compute it takes to sync the chain after all the recent spam, we can't really have a meaningful conversation.

> In my opinion, if you're concerned for the poorest of the world, forget their ability to afford a node, and focus on their ability to own a utxo. That's where I'd say the real rub is.

Thanks for admitting that you don't care about node decentralization.

> It's convinced you and many others

Social media didn't convince me of anything, the communication and actions of core devs did.