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So there is 'spam' onchain. I agree with that sentiment. 
And the 'going' rate for a basic transaction is 1 sat/vbyte or 17 cents

![](https://m.stacker.news/104332)

Currently there is ~1 block of transactions waiting 'in the mempool' at least above 1 sat/vbyte.

After that 'one block' (keep in mind, this is for all 8 billion people on Planet Earth) the next block is almost all sub 1-sat/vbyte transactions mostly consolidations of op_return 'things'.

![](https://m.stacker.news/104334)

![](https://m.stacker.news/104333)

Therefore.... ANY transactions at or above 1 sat/vbyte, be they for *5$ or 5 billion $* outbids EVERYTHING else spam included especially all 70 thousand waiting 'transactions' of it.

Here is a sample 'spam' transaction:

![](https://m.stacker.news/104335)

There are many like it:

![](https://m.stacker.news/104336)

And we can also see that ONE address is spamming these transactions, at *really* low fee rates by the THOUSANDS at a single time.

For example this address bc1pwhrx8gm0mmwg4fz2jyvma0cf2cjehdgeara9lqqh8j5e4nvedf5sq0gx2t
is spamming junk/arbitrary data/op_return transactions by the *thousands* at a single time.

https://mempool.space/address/bc1pwhrx8gm0mmwg4fz2jyvma0cf2cjehdgeara9lqqh8j5e4nvedf5sq0gx2t

![](https://m.stacker.news/104337)

Why they are repeating the 'uncommon goods' datafield over and over... is beyond me. And as a matter of fact I don't see people talking about it / discussing it enough.

This is what the 'uncommon goods' op_return/token/rune "chart" looks like:

![](https://m.stacker.news/104338)

Why would 'any' actor keep paying 'real' money - Bitcoin - in order to *pretend* that a 'rune' exists and they can 'create' it by spamming the same transaction over and over?

I could understand if the chart for that memecoin was going 'up'... but there is a *non-zero* cost for spamming an output *even at low fee rates* and *why* it is being spammed is a mystery in my opinion that warrants more discussion.

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In summary, I read on Twitter that "the filters are broken".

That "core is hostile".

That "jpegs have taken over" etc etc...

And regardless of what you make of these claims... I think they miss the fundamental, rational point to all of this...

Any transaction *above 1 sat/vbyte or 17 cents transaction's fee* outbids *99% OF THE SPAM*...

> Therefore "THE SPAM" isn't what's fundamentally broken, *WE* are.

The economic incentives to USE Bitcoin, to self-custody it, to transfer and ultimately exchange it for goods and services are overwhelming. 

Therefore the LACK of demand to actually *use* Bitcoin, beyond ETFs even if JUST for savings *in self custody* does far more harm than *99%* of the Spam does.

*SPAM flourishes in apathy...* 

*It grows with indifference.* 

*And it reproduces as allowed by laziness...*

Bitcoiners have to decide if *they want* to use Bitcoin or not, and then set the example for others.

Blaming others or 'Core' or "the Wizards" or "the taproot people" *even* Bitcoin Magazine is no excuse.

It's all on-chain, totally transparent, and there's no fooling anyone. The demand to use Bitcoin amongst the *8 billion people* *should* be overwhelming.

Either *we*, with the knowledge to use Bitcoin, Set the Example or we don't. 

So where is everyone?

A Real SPAM solution: People using Bitcoin

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