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BlockBeats News: On June 7th, the Bitcoin Core Project released a statement stating that Bitcoin is a network defined by its users, who have the ultimate freedom of choice to run any software they wish to use (whether fully verified or not) and implement any policies they are willing to follow. Bitcoin Core contributors do not have the authority to dictate what rules users must follow. This principle is reflected in long-term practice: Bitcoin Core software does not support automatic updates. This means that no entity can unilaterally push changes to Bitcoin Core users. All changes must be initiated by the user to upgrade to a new software version or choose a different software. The freedom to run any software is the primary guarantee for the Bitcoin network to resist external coercion. As developers of Bitcoin Core, we also believe it is our responsibility to ensure that the Bitcoin Core software runs its core functions in the most efficient and reliable way possible: verifying and relaying blocks and transactions, thereby supporting the success of Bitcoin as a decentralized digital currency. In terms of transaction relay, Bitcoin Core may incorporate some strategies, such as denial of service (DoS) protection mechanism; Fee evaluation strategy; But we will not prevent the relay of transactions that have sustained economic demand and can be reliably packaged into blocks. Our goals in designing a trading relay strategy include: ·Predicting which transactions will be packaged into blocks (which is crucial for fee estimation, RBF (Fee Acceleration) mechanisms, and is also the basis for many DoS protection strategies); ·Accelerate the propagation speed of blocks that are about to be packaged for transactions, reduce network latency, and avoid large miners gaining unfair advantages; ·Assist miners in timely learning of transactions that include transaction fees, thereby avoiding their reliance on private transaction submission channels outside the mining pool, which can weaken the decentralization of mining. If we intentionally refuse to relay transactions that miners will eventually package, it will force users to rely on other communication methods, which will actually undermine the above goals