The Importance of Soft Rules in Bitcoin Core

Bitcoin Core traditionally has divided rules into like the hard rules of what can go in a block and then the software rules about what can propagate. So basically the commitment transaction must at least with anchor output still meet the dynamic minimum fee rate of the memo. We've seen that spike to above 10, I think, or 15 maybe in the last few months. And it just wasn't on fire until it was. The one good thing about volatility is this does shake your priorities up but you're always looking for ways to make things better.