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Why Run @BitcoinKnots 🌸 Bitcoin Knots does not censor Bitcoin. It accepts every valid block according to the consensus rules that define the Bitcoin network. If a transaction is mined and included in a valid block, Bitcoin Knots will recognize it exactly the same way Bitcoin Core does. The difference is that Bitcoin Knots applies stricter policies for the mempool and for transaction relay. These policies are not consensus rules. They are local rules that determine what your node chooses to store and forward before a transaction is mined. This is entirely optional behavior for node operators, and it does not affect what the blockchain itself considers valid. The reason these policies exist is to reduce waste and to protect decentralization. Some transactions contain dust outputs that cost more in fees to spend than they are worth. Others contain oversized witness data that slow down block propagation. More recently, people have been embedding large images and other arbitrary files, such as JPEGs, into Bitcoin transactions. These transactions are valid under consensus, but they dramatically increase blockspace usage, drive up fees, and make it harder for ordinary users to run a node by consuming disk space, bandwidth, and memory. Relaying everything without any filters makes it easier for attackers or opportunists to flood the network with junk. This increases the cost of running a node, and higher costs reduce decentralization by driving out smaller operators. When fewer people can afford to run full nodes, the network becomes more dependent on large, centralized entities. Filtering spam at the mempool level solves this without changing consensus. Bitcoin Knots simply refuses to forward transactions that harm efficiency and decentralization. If miners want to include those transactions in a block because they pay a high fee, Knots will accept the block. Nothing is censored from the blockchain. But until then, Knots protects the network by declining to help propagate wasteful transactions. The anti-filter position repeats the same mistake seen during the block size war. Then, the “obvious” solution was to make blocks larger, but that solution ignored the cost to decentralization and the risk of centralizing mining. Today, the “obvious” solution is to remove filters and let every transaction through. But that ignores the real cost of propagation, resource bloat, and node centralization. Bitcoin Knots is a conservative, safe, and responsible choice. It strengthens Bitcoin by reducing spam, protecting decentralization, and ensuring that running a node remains affordable and efficient for the long term. Switch to @BitcoinKnots

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We believe in privacy without compromise. We believe in money without borders. We believe in systems that serve people, not institutions. We are cypherpunks. We write code. We run Bitcoin.

We hide in plain sight. We speak in algorithms. We fight with math. Bitcoin is our banner. The network is our nation.

Bitcoin is not a promise. It is proof. Proof that the network remembers. Proof that the people can be their own bank. Proof that freedom, once mined, cannot be confiscated.

Every person has the right to hold and control their private keys. Every person has the right to run a node and verify the truth. Every person has the right to transact without surveillance or approval. The network shall remain open, neutral, and resistant to corruption