Core's arrogance and recklessness in uncapping OP_RETURN in the face of broad and real controversy is imo where the ego is found. It predictably created the current situation. I get zero impression that Luke and Mechanic are driven by pure ego and desire for control/power, rather that they're trying to protect Bitcoin from eroding away from its core mission of being money separate from the state.

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no. it's not. like at at all. It is a large software project which is controlled by a core group of developers. mostly nothing happens because they're incentivized to do nothing. except when they're incentivized to do something. Don't kid yourself that it's decentralized.
I 100% agree. The snarkiness and condescension on the core side has been next level. I’m not fully decided but Luke is too autistic to be anything other than genuinely expressing what he thinks is the right path forward. If you need “big ego” arguments you don’t have a good argument.
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Alan 1 month ago
Yes the location of the code is irrelevant
I doubt he is interested in that. He seems to be coping against this point. Very emotional.
You can always fork like this, but be prepared for the "industry" to seriously & permanently tarnish you in the process. Too many core folks are providing ad hominims without substantive arguments. Knots folks make unaknowledged arguments & then resort to ad hominims. Who are uninformed folks more likely to trust, while both sides are intent on bastardizing the debate? GM PV GFY
Look at Dan Held over there. He's on the same stupid side he's always been on. Doing stupid fucking Dan Held shit. Both Lopp and Odell now stand next to Dan. Crazy shit..
They bent a little bit by not deprecating the datacarriersize setting