Yeah I also doubt most runners change defaults. Defaults matter.

a reason why it's kind of sketchy what core is doing.

Is it a requirement for software engineers to maintain a feature that is strictly harmful to your local node? It does not prevent you from storing the same data, it's going to end up on your disk, it's going to end up in your p2p connection one way or another, either because it's in a block or before then. [...]

However, he mentions maintenance though, but I think no code was removed, only defaults changed. But maybe he meant the future when the option including the code is removed, if ever.

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Knots 0.29 per default does not relay non-coop lightning closes

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Yeah I also doubt most runners change defaults. Defaults matter.

> a reason why it's kind of sketchy what core is doing.

@bluematt mentioned the following in [this debate](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_dU8hBb-fw&t=609s) (starts at 10:09):

> Is it a requirement for software engineers to maintain a feature that is strictly harmful to your local node? It does not prevent you from storing the same data, it's going to end up on your disk, it's going to end up in your p2p connection one way or another, either because it's in a block or before then. [...]

I think it makes sense.

However, he mentions maintenance though, but I think no code was removed, only defaults changed. But maybe he meant the future when the option including the code is removed, if ever.