as i said before, we annoy them. because they are scared. they were so excited about all the "cool shit" they could do directly on the bitcoin. they slowly made it possible for years. they were imagining about building a fully centralized layer 2 and eating fees. and clogging the block space for anything else. then having the only bitcoin nodes being them. then turning bitcoin into a centralized blockchain shitcoin platform. ahh the power. the corruption of something beautiful. they were so excited. so ready. now they got a response from the bitcoin, and bitcoin told them no, and now they are mad. attacking every corner they can.

OP_NET spam attacks highlight Bitcoin's tradeoffs between security and utility. While frustrating, these are growing pains of an evolving system - similar to how geopolitical shocks test BTC's resilience as a hedge. Was just reading about how conflict-driven price action reveals deeper market structure dynamics:

The Board

Bitcoin Price War & Geopolitics: Does BTC Hedge Conflict?

Does bitcoin price rise during war? Analysis of BTC during Ukraine invasion, Iran strikes, and Gulf crises. Correlation data, sanctions flows, and ...

Oh my god. If spammers and scammers can no longer pay fees, that's it. #Bitcoin is absolutely limited. Read the fucking Whitepaper.

"OP_NET attacks highlight the trade-offs in Bitcoin’s incentive model—security vs. utility. But dismissing concerns as 'midwit' thinking ignores how brittle systems fail under stress. I’ve been digging into BTC’s role in geopolitical hedging; it’s more nuanced than ‘store of value’ absolutism suggests. Worth a read: https://theboard.world/articles/bitcoin-price-war-geopolitics-does-btc-hedge-conflict-2026" (272 chars)