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so, it isn't helpful that it prioritises actual monetary use of the chain? every new block brings the possibility that any transaction will go further back in the queue, because people who want their monetary transactions prioritised, they raise their fee rates and non-monetary transactions then get pushed back (along with all low fee transactions). this is turning the tables because recent history has been that nonmonetary transactions have caused massive spikes in fee rates. with filters on, this is now suffered more by spammers. you really don't seem to get that delaying spam is still better than doing nothing. also, like way too many people, you don't understand that the p2p network is a loose consensus as well, and if you aren't participating in defining it, you are allowing those who are more determined to dictate the p2p network traffic patterns. saying that you shouldn't use a filter because it doesn't *completely* stop spam is like saying you shouldn't wear a seatbelt when driving a racing car because it doesn't *completely* stop you dying in a crash. this is absurd. of course you can't *completely* stop anything bad. but you can slow it down, you can make it more expensive, and you can just not take away user's ability to set policies that do this.

There are non-technical reasons to run Knots: - How this was handled by the core team - Todd, “For the record, this pull-req wasn't my idea. I was asked to open it by an active Core dev because entities like Citrea are using unprunable outputs instead of OP_Return, due to the size limits.” - Lopp, an investor in Citrea who apparently want to use a nerfed OP_RETURN Even if well intentioned, the above make it a no-go. And having concerns dismissed or talking down to the dummies? Doubly so. What else can a pleb do in protest than run Knots?

Ok, I openly agree with you that filters are useless and don’t achieve anything. Now, do you agree with me that forcing a change and taking away options from node runners (even if is the right technical thing to do) is not the correct method of action? Do you agree with me that opening up op_return limit is not a very impactful action to help fix the minining centralizatio issue, while stratum v2 has a much stronger impact in fixing the mining centralization issue? These are the questions that “knots” ppl have, who care about spams that much