Core 30 is going to cause Bitcoin Knots adoption to accelerate. Write that down...

Core 30 is going to cause Bitcoin Knots adoption to accelerate. Write that down...

Maybe it’s a good thing 🤔😆
You know, those Bitcoin core guys, they sold their soul, they can say what they want. But the proof is in the pudding. Why are you changing the code? Because you sold your fucking soul.
Even if 90% of nodes are running Knots, does it matter?
If there are just a small amount of permissive nodes, these transactions will get through
Of course it matters. 99% Bitcoin knots nodes to shut down the image spammers
If, for the sake of argument, there were 20,000 Core30 nodes and 1,000,000 Knots nodes, then the spam would make its way through the Core30 nodes and would be mined.
Therefore, your goal isn't really to have more Knots nodes; your real goal is to decrease the number of permissive - i.e. Core30 nodes
nostr:nprofile1qqs8fl79rnpsz5x00xmvkvtd8g2u7ve2k2dr3lkfadyy4v24r4k3s4spz9mhxue69uhkummnw3ezuamfdejj7qg4waehxw309aex2mrp0yhxgctdw4eju6t09uqsuamnwvaz7tmwdaejumr0dshsu0ur8h has some good YouTube videos on this.
TLDR- more knots nodes means it takes longer to propagate blocks containing spam, while a competing block that does not contain spam will be accepted by the network much quicker. So miners adding spam to their blocks run a higher risk of their block getting orphaned and that risk goes up with knots adoption.
I have a practical question. The description in the image talks about lowering fees. But surely a consensus change is needed to change the fees rules?
... or maybe this change will cause Core to start relaying a certain class of consensus-valid low-fee transactions that it previously blocked?
Put it in a transaction!