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The presenter emphasizes that these failed transactions aren’t indicative of systemic failure. Instead, they are often intentionally deprioritized or fail because bots flooding the network saturate it. Healthy system design means filtering and managing such activity without compromising legitimate user transactions.
Implementation Flaws Versus Design Flaws
A prominent figure in the community, Mert, is praised for his insight—comparing the Quick protocol to a vehicle with the wrong tires: the design is solid, but poor implementation causes issues. He stresses that recent problems stem from engineering bugs, which are fixable, not inherent flaws in the protocol itself.