X @Nick Szabo

RT Jason Hughes (@wk057)It's not the "faster block propagation" part that's the issue. I'm all for faster block propagation!The issue is that the current method for getting there, compact blocks, is being used as a centralization tool. The FUD of "We must all run the same policies otherwise blocks won't propagate! 😱"You clearly get the best compact block reconstruction results when your relay/mempool policies match that of miners.The problem with that is the dynamic of who runs the network gets flipped. It' ...