ViaBTC's mining pool accounts for ~10% of the total Bitcoin hashrate. Now only SBI Crypto (2%) and OCEAN (1.5%) continue to deny <1 sat/vbyte bids. The king of fumbling the bag is OCEAN, with -36.77% profitability:
(Stats from the past week)
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Only blocks 919151, 919163, and 949186 contained sub 1 sat/vbyte fees, now ViaBTC is mining empty blocks again.
OCEAN's policy blocks low-fee spam like inscriptions, not just any <1 sat/vb tx. Their edge could reappear once sustained fee pressure returns.