Quote from: mikey5287 on May 18, 2017, 06:50:35 PM

this definitely isn't the bitcoin that i remember. the soft fork needs to happen. unfortunately, there's no way to know if this is actualy spam transactions or whether theyre real transactions. the unfortunate part is that now hashflare is charging an arm and a leg to withdraw, as i'm sure most other service providers are doing, as well. *sigh*

Situation isn't ideal, I agree there, but on the other hand, it's not really a surprise if you think everything through properly. In most cases spam transactions are easily identifiable, but that's not really the main problem. The real point of importance is who and why are they spamming the network with nonsense transactions, and what can be done to stop them.

Reasons could be --

BU spamming the network (very likely).
Pools spamming the network (very likely).
An entity trying to force the price down (likely).
An entity trying to make people move to alts (less likely).