Samson Mow pushes the ban on mining equipment as a debate by spam bitcoin core 30 sparks

The Bitcoin scaling dispute has taken a new turn while industry figures debate in how to manage what many call a “spam epidemic” on the network.

The longtime lawyer of the BTC and the CEO of Jan3, Samson Mow, suggested that the manufacturers of mining equipment should consider refusing sales, or at least imposing penalties on companies supporting the transactions which he describes as spam.

MOW hardware gambit

In an article of August 17 on X, by amplifying a previous proposal from Adam Beck to exert social pressure on minors as a means of braking spam on the Bitcoin network, MOW suggested that the division of block proto-mines, which builds some of the most effective ASIC minors, could refuse sales or impose markings to companies like the digital marathon (Mara) non -financial data.

“If @jack is on board … They could simply publish a declaration that they will not sell or sell equipment during an increase, to companies that allow spam,” Tweeted Mow.

He theorized that the imposition of a potential economic penalty of 2% would prevail over the strengthening of minor profits of approximately 0.5% from mining spam. This, he believes, would oblige public mining companies to stop.

Although Block’s desire to act as a referee is currently unknown, Mow’s idea received support in some quarters. Bitcoin Maxi Matt Kratter approved it, declaring:

“Proto Rig should not sell its ASIC to bad actors who support spam bitcoin. Let Mara buy from the CCP and pay prices. ”

The heart of controversy: op_return

MOW’s remarks have intensified an already animated debate around Bitcoin Core’s future modifications to Op_return, the type of transaction often blamed for swollen blocks.

In May, the Bitcoin kernel development team decided to eliminate the cap of 80 long -standing bytes on OP_Preturn outings in the nucleus 30. The OPCODE allows you to integrate small data packets into BTC transactions, but has been historically limited to prevent non -financial data from flooding the blocks.

However, the developers, led by Gregory Sanders, argued that the limit was obsolete because the miners already contoured it. They argue that the deletion of the promotion of cleaner data storage will maintain the neutrality of the network and will also reflect existing practices by private mining pools.

“This does not approve of the use of non -financial data, but by accepting that as a system resistant to censorship, bitcoin can and will be used for use cases that do not agree,” said a previous basic declaration.

However, criticisms like Luke Dashjr described this decision as a “total madness”, warning that this would lead to an increase in spam on bitcoin, to potentially suspend legitimate financial transactions and to modify the main objective of the network.