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i do not feel comfortable telling people to run knots until it has better review and release processes in place

if you do not want to relay larger op return transactions then run core v29 (the most recent version of core) and do not update to v30 when it is released

alternatively you can run v30 with a modified config file

i think luke, mechanic, and most core contributors mean well and care about bitcoin

long term i want to see more well reviewed bitcoin implementations exist, more choices for node operators is strictly better, this is one of the reasons i have donated my time to build out opensats

i think this ‘debate’ has mostly devolved into social attacks and is mostly unproductive

i do not think it matters much for the global bitcoin network which client you run, in this specific situation

i have said much on this topic in the past, use the search feature if you are curious

Joseph Hurtado - Founder Granata Consulting 3mo ago 💬 2

Who reviews core?

Knots is a minor fork of Core.

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Trazyn 3mo ago

> Knots is a minor fork of Core.

How do you know, have you reviewed it ?

R 3mo ago 💬 1

Most of the competent bitcoin software engineers review Core in a formal rough consensus review process (look it up). How do you know knots is a minor fork and isn’t introducing a security flaw? Is that based on your ability to review code? If other bitcoin software engineers thought took the time to review knots and decided it had a flaw, how would they stop Luke from publishing an update he wants published?

Joseph Hurtado - Founder Granata Consulting 3mo ago 💬 1

Both are open source.

Any developer can review Knots.

BTW yes I could review Knots code. I am a developer too.

R 3mo ago

The original point from Odell was about the review release PROCESS. Do you participate in the review release process for knots or are you just another “I could review it if I wanted to”. If you do, great, please explain the process to us and how you would prevent Luke from publishing something he thinks is good but the other knots developers thinks is a security risk.