exactly!
shruggr ✪ 2mo
And, as was proven earlier this week, not spending 0 sat outputs is not a protocol rule, but a node policy rule, just like block size and transaction size. Miners set policy based on the economic realities of the chain. The error you get when you try and create a spendable 0 satoshi output is a DUST error. Same as if you go < 546 sats in BTC.
324 806 sat