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The Spam Wars!!!
  1. I think Core has started to drift from the original intent of Bitcoin which is a system for the transfer and storage of value. The way I see it is that Core is trying to modify the code to allow all kinds of data into the blockchain which does not necessarily have anything to do with the original intent. This opens up the possibility of random clutter to be introduced into the blocks which then may impede legitimate transactions from being processed. This could not only severely slow down value transfer but it could also allow seriously harmful Spam to be permanently inserted into the blocks which will then be there forever. Can you imagine child porn etc. in the blockchain forever in everyone’s computer?
  1. Knots is the alternative that seems to honour Satoshi’s original intent for the protocol. Since the Spam Wars started, Knots’ adoption has jumped from approx. 2% of the network to 17%. So people are voicing their displeasure. Two more things… One: Not everyone might upgrade to the next version of core which is one way to resist the changes and Two: It seems like Core may have been infiltrated by intruders who want to corrupt Bitcoin from the inside…
More people may still switch over to Knots before the changes are finally released. We need more people to become nodes with their own servers.
I'm thinking of switching to Knots on my server. I’m concerned about this and hope people will resist this change. It might be that this "war” is even more serious than the Block Size wars!
What do you think? Who would you stand with?
Knotz70.6%
Core29.4%
17 votes \ 15h left
44 sats \ 0 replies \ @Scoresby 8h
you can run any software you like.
no one is talking about changing consensus.
what is at stake is only relay policy...
how is it a war?
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100 sats \ 0 replies \ @optimism 5h
Make babies, not coreknotsnerdwars.
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5 sats \ 0 replies \ @Fenix 7h
I stand with the protocol consensus.
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2 sats \ 0 replies \ @anon 8h
You can run Spaces Protocol on both core and knots so doesn't really matter.
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2 sats \ 1 reply \ @j7hB75 8h
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @dgy 6h
If you only consider the latest versions of both implementation then the share is almost 50% each.
Most node runner (28.1 and earlier) did not yet upgrade or changed implementation.
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Core needs to be archived because its very existence squats on a legacy that's upstream of blind downloads and perceived authority.
This is bad for both ossifists with a high bar for change, and people that want changes Core can veto or bikeshed.
Forks would then have to earn downloads and influence on merit and not the legacy of those that came before.
On the one hand Knots being tip-of-the-spear in challenging Core warrants support, but on the other chosing the wrong hill to die on, poor change control, and overall PR posture risks strengthening Core's position. It'll take a 3rd fork to thread the needle before any serious progress can be made in weakening the Bitcoin shadow government that is the NGO's funding Core.
BTCD and Libbitcoin are the most important projects no one talks about because the Core base controls mining.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @BITC0IN 6h
knots, but not for the misunderstood technically wrong reasons stated in your OP.
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I run Core with datacarriersize=0
Knots is too slow on my pi4 and cannot sync
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