Everything that’s wrong with Bitcoin in one picture: 1) legitimate concerns quickly dismissed 2) trusting without verification 3) a well respected OG amplifying the former two And it took us less than 2 decades to get this cucked. View quoted note →

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Just playing devil's advocate here, but do you not think that point 2 is exactly his point? His concerns around Knots seem to be centred around Luke being the only lead maintainer. As far as I'm aware, he's certainly never recommended upgrading to version 30. What we need is to keep all aspects of bitcoin as decentralised as possible - mining, ownership and node software. As a prominent voice in the space, if he were to give put his full weight behind Knots it could have a large impact. Maybe it's correct that he's cautious with his opinion and guarded about what he recommends. For what it's worth, I recommend Knots. But not to everyone. Multiple node implementations are what's required and people should have more than one choice. Not upgrading is still a vote against version 30. To be clear though, Core version 30 has been a shit show and is an open arms gesture to spam and non-monetary transactions.
Can’t really say what his PoV is. The mainstream take seems to be that Knots is just as bad as Core, since most people assume Knots users simply trust Luke more than Core devs. That’s true to some extent, but some of us have been in the trenches since 2023. We didn’t follow Luke because he’s likeable or an OG; we argued with him plenty (especially Mechanic and Matt Kratter included). For me, the real wake-up call came from @Unhosted Marcellus long before any of this blew up - back when Knots was run by maybe 50 people. We had to unlearn a ton before getting on board with the anti-spam stance. We even built wtfhappenedinfeb2023.com to help others understand the issue instead of just “trusting the science.” IMO Odell, like many others, hasn’t actually done the work or is just too biased. Either way, it’s disappointing how he acts like everything’s fine when it obviously isn’t.
Same here fren! And you turned to be a real chad at very young age, so I have massive hopes for you in the future Leo 💪