I’m no expert on this, but it seems Bitcoin developers favor complex anti-spam fees.
Why can’t the algorithm be made very simple? Like if a node is reaching critically large mempool, just drop/reject transactions with lowest fee/kB ?
Again, I’m no expert, just want to know why a simple solution won’t work.
Note: My fundamental view is that Bitcoin shall be open to anyone for any purpose and a rational miner will prioritize those willing to pay the most. Maybe the devs view it differently, and that’s why they complicate matters?
The Counterparty devs enabled some Bitcoin Core settings that make the current situation a bit more bearable, but until these patches are implemented in Bitcoin Core services will suffer.