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108 sats \ 3 replies \ @dgdhr335 3 Apr \ parent \ on: "Really, though, it's all spam." - Tadge Dryja bitcoin

What makes it to the block can be though.

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43 sats \ 2 replies \ @Scoresby OP 3 Apr

if what makes it into a block is based on people's feelings, what stops a government with strong feelings from deciding what makes it into blocks?

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103 sats \ 1 reply \ @dgdhr335 3 Apr

Nothing prevents a government running nodes.

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43 sats \ 0 replies \ @Scoresby OP 3 Apr

yes. that's why bitcoin is designed in such a way that nodes don't have strong tools for preventing valid transactions from making it into blocks.

nodes have very strong influence over what is a valid transaction, but relatively weak influence over which valid transactions are included in blocks.

this is why which valid transactions make it into blocks is not based on any noderunner's feelings.

this is also why talking about spam transactions is nonsensical.

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