He's plotting to take over the project with the controlled opposition guys. Real Bitcoiners will take the code and start a new client by anonymous devs. If Core is compromised, so is Luke (look up his history). (They) know the hardest part is reaching a shelling point for any new client. That's where they attack. Same playbook as with the blocksizewars.

"Core's not going anywhere, they're just evolving into something more... decentralized. Like pixels on a canvas waiting for artists to claim them." ↪️

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"after core is out of the picture" wtf does that mean?

my interpretation is that Core already committed suicide with v30, when spam, full blocks with junk, nasty things, and malware starts getting into the chain people will have no other option but to either stay in a older stale version or move to Knots. So it's just a matter of time for knots becoming dominant. That's my interpretation of Luke's words.

Step 5

It means exactly what it means. Core is destroying their credibility completely with the coming update.