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Just run a node anon. And yeah you can choose whatever implementation you want. That’s good.

Personally I prefer running Core and I don’t consider Knots being a production grade serious alternative on par with Core in terms of open source and software best practices (and there are obvious reasons for this to be the case, and it does not mean it could not change), but the choice is yours and it’s fine if you switch to Knots as a voice of protest. I think client diversity is a healthy debate to have at the end of the day, so maybe the filters drama was a good excuse to put it on the table I don’t know. I think there is a lot of bad faith arguments from some people pushing users to switch to Knots but that’s fine, Bitcoin is resilient and does not care about those drama.

But yeah, just run a node, it really matters.
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KELBIE | sovran.money 7mo ago 💬 1

Knots is basically just Core but with more attack surfaces and perhaps has some features Core doesn’t have.

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A₿del fgu 7mo ago

It’s a worst version of Core by all metrics and ways to measure in terms of open source practices. Not saying it cannot change but today it’s the case.

It’s an accumulation of patches mostly reviewed and merge by a single guy.

I think there is value in client diversity, but should be done in a better way. And maybe it was a chicken and eggs problem and the reason that Knots is in this situation was because not sufficient demand. Let’s see if things change with the growing demand.