Ok, so now you’re inferring why other people may or may not want run nodes, which is a largely unfalsifiable claim— though I would point out that the data we have available suggests that users don’t mind: node count has risen in recent years despite all the Inscriptions nonsense. We can speak for ourselves, however. For me it makes no difference whether it’s 1MB of monetary data or 1MB of dickbutts. My node operates the same from my perspective. (Even slightly better if it’s dickbutts, but we can leave that aside for now.) Does it make a difference to you?

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Super Testnet 1 month ago
> Does it make a difference to you? Yes > users [may not] mind: node count has risen in recent years Maybe some of them don't. But about 20% of them have switched to using software that reduces the amount of spam on their system. That's telling. It's also possible for a person to be discouraged by the spam but not yet so discouraged that he stops running his node, or refuses to start. And yet if the discouragement continues to build, it may dissuade new people from starting and long-time node runners from continuing.