Guy, it's like asking "I can't believe how any smart people could think that cops can stop all crime!" That's not the claim. It's that filters enable your miner to select transactions YOU want to include. That is literally it. And by the same logic "if everyone followed the law, there would be no ...

> I don't understand how smart technical people believe [X] Unfortunately this is completely normal human behaviour (which I don't pretend to be immune for, but I try).

Perhaps we could implement a proof of work to prevent spam on the chain. Oh wait...

Every time I say anything about the issue, someone tells me I think filters will stop all spam, even though I’ve never said it once, and have said the opposite on many occasions

People want some options for deterring spam, like making it more cost prohibitive. Observing spam & coming up with some solutions that mess with their efforts shouldn't be dismissed. The whole energy around this mess just proves one thing: Core devs haven't had to deal with the free market in qui...