According to the last 10 news posts at blockchain.info, there is a lot more to it than a penny in someones mailbox.. it seems to be a little more complicated than that
You are saying that you believe that send you a satoshi is the same thing as the ongoing DDOS attack? There is a real attack going on which has absolutely nothing with this thread.
You are right to some extent but still .. if you receive 1000 pennies, instead of 1, your mailbox is getting problems; if you run a business then such an extremely clogged mailbox could cause serious damage even if you manage to clean them out after awhile.
If such spamming is used in a serious and malicious way, it would not really be good for BTC would it? What consumer would want to use a wallet with hundreds of such transactions in it?
Spam mail does not cause damage to my email software but clogs it up nevertheless.
I am afraid that this is the beginning of something awful. We witness the birth of crypto spamming.
That started a long time ago , one of the reasons the minimal transaction fee was imposed.
But will blockchain.info show the public note while it's still unconfirmed? If it does, then this is a very successful spamming technique for advertising penis growth pills.
If someone is using a vanity address they should always have to pay the transaction fee. That would stop the spam!
