also, making a change that weakens spam protection in bitcoin core is the power grab you are speaking of. which is clearly motivated by enabling non-monetary use of bitcoin chain. idk what the logic is that knots devs allowing users to retain their previously entrenched ability to control certain settings is interpreted by you as meaning that knots is engaged in a power grab. this is completely backwards. core devs have tried to seize power to push something on the network due to their dominant position and the result has been that some 2000-4000 new nodes running knots appeared on the network with contrary settings. do you think people just go out of their way to run a node to support someone else's alleged power grab? i don't think so. the logic that core changing policy in new versions for mempool was used as a crisis to seize power is ridiculous, because they are EXERCISING power to try and change mempool policy contrary to the will of so many people that some started running a node to give the middle finger to them.