For the first time, incentives are starting to build that o…
For the first time, incentives are starting to build that operate directly on Miner's bottom lines.
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People are throwing out data heavy transactions as of today (thanks, @1708 for the tools to make that easier for people.)
Transaction propagation and processing is becoming more important, with some miners passing up opportunities to earn fees.
With every new service, every new app, every new user, the pressure grows.
There is a future that is not very far away in which miners begin to shut down, their businesses failing, because they didn't do the work to scrape up those fees.
And then, the real businesses will take note because there are profits to be made. Not speculative bullshit on an exchange that services cryptocurrencies like it's a candy shop, but real, meaty profits.
That's when the real mining businesses - and the real Bitcoin - will arise from the barren wastes that we see today.
Real business, real value, real money.
And if you're not prepared for it, you're going to be eating some real humble pie.