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Oh, thanks for that. Even if this wasn't meant to be a spam attack, it looks like it's not deliberate.
Doesn't look like a spam attack to me. Maybe Venezuelans moving their hard earned money out one bolivar at a time before it becomes the next Zimbabvian dollar
I guess it's possible, but I doubt it. I feel like Venezuelan interest in Bitcoin is overblown in general. They did detain journalists very recently (more recent than the filling up mempool) but I don't think even that's enough to trigger a spike.