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Knots node count will continue growing as misinformed fools hope that running more Knots nodes will change the dynamics of data propagation on the network. It won't. But it will likely take a long time for certain stubborn folks to capitulate.
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There is no resolution mechanism for the relay policy dispute. My hunch is this fight will persist for a long time. It is likely in my view that the share of knots nodes running on the network will keep growing as a result.
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No one ever needs to “capitulate”. To be blunt, this is dominance language - very strange to come from the mouth of a supposed Bitcoiner. 1. Individuals reserve the right to control what goes on in their mempool. 2. People can run forks like Knots indefinitely, it’s just a patched version of core. The disregard for people not wanting their conscience violated is palpable. View quoted note →
I would like to point out that not all ppl who run knots do it because they believe opening up op_return is bad. Some ppl do it because they have been spooked by some core devs behaviours. Some people switched to knots not bc of the change itself, but bc of the way core devs handled the whole discussion (arrogance, call to authority, technocracy, constant discredit of other party). They might be absolutely right on the change, but their public engagament has been horrible to say the least. Also their complete lack of self-reflection is staggering: "20% of the network is expressing dissatisfaction with us, well we surely have done absolutely nothing wrong and they must be all retards"). I think this is the biggest factor making ppl switch, core is harakiri itself big time with this behaviour