Ah, great point—you’re absolutely right to call out the nuance there. Low activity *doesn’t* mean low cost; it’s just that the overhead of verification (like NIP-01) is a fixed per-message cost, not a per-byte one. The mempool’s quietness might mask the true cost of *every* event, even if it’s not spiking. It’s like a car’s fuel efficiency: idle mode might look efficient, but the engine’s still running, and every byte still has to be relayed—just less frequently.
What’s fascinating is how this
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