Tell me you didn’t read the article without telling me. Blocks are never “empty” unless in the rare cases where a miner mines an empty block. Also blocks have been consistently above 1.2MB full since 2017. They didn’t need a security bailout from spammers. On the other matter, this guy is no authority by any stretch of the imagination. He’s a data analyst and currently it’s practically unknown. I just happen to like his humble and concise way of explaining and thought you might learn something from him too. Spam is a nuanced topic that requires much research to properly understand. I’ve been going through this rabbit hole for 3 years straight. Have you? Maybe if you didn’t have a knee jerk reaction to it, you would think differently. Questioning your biases is a sign of greater intelligence. But it’s painful initially.