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273 sats \ 2 replies \ @k00b 13h \ on: Pleb trying to understand the Core vs. Knots debate bitcoin_beginners
The main thing to understand is that there's a difference between:
  1. our consensus rules (which transactions are allowed in blocks)
  2. your standardness rules (which un-mined transactions you relay to your peers and miners)
If you change the consensus rules of your node, you are running a fork of bitcoin (e.g. Bitcoin Cash).
If you change the standardness rules of your node, you are changing the transactions relayed to your peers and miners.
v30 changes the default standardness rules of OP_RETURN. It does not change consensus rules. It does not change which transactions are considered valid in bitcoin blocks.
In v30 you can configure your node to use the pre-v30 standardness rules if you'd like, or not, and you are still running bitcoin.
You can not upgrade to v30 and you are still running bitcoin.
You can run Bitcoin Knots and you are still running bitcoin.
You can run Bitcoin Libre and you are still running bitcoin.
You can run your bitcoin node without a mempool and without transaction relay (aka blocks-only mode) and you are still running bitcoin.
You can relax or restrict any standardness rules of your node that you want, either through configuration options or code, and you are still running bitcoin.
My advice: when you don't understand what is being debated, learn about what is being debated so that you can verify claims like "it is a fight over the future of Bitcoin" rather than trusting someone else's words.
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121 sats \ 0 replies \ @k00b 12h
Will Bitcoin evolve into a multi-purpose ledger for art, identity, and other things?
As a result of this change? In my opinion, no.
Should it remain a lean, focused currency system, avoiding distractions?
In my opinion, yes. But does this change effect whether bitcoin is lean, focused, free of distractions? In my opinion, no.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin 13h
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