Mempool filters aka knots does nothing to change the code. Adversarial miners like Marathon will create their own mempool for spam and charge a premium for it and miners will accept it. This then takes away the free market of users setting their fee, rather it’s a centralized player……
Ran an 8.5 min mile today. After several months of running 4 days a week I’m finally getting up to speeds I’ve never thought were possible for me. Amazing what persistence and proof of work gets you……