I always "assumed" BTC and BCH would eventually complement each other. Maybe I was just being naïve!

There's no need to mess with Bitcoin Core, if the desired feature or tweak can be readily provided by BCH ... which has certainly been holding its own in recent years ... while offering a legitimate and "smooth-runnins" dig. currency for Retail Sales.

Trouble makers are too often (as we know) driven by vanity. So this new issue (i.e., the OP_RETURN proposal) with Core is either technically valid, or it is not. A question that can surely be resolved by well-managed meetings, conferences, and platforms like Nostr.?

The passing by North Carolina's House (of Reps) Bitcoin Investment Bill has just rubber stamped the entry of Bitcoin into mainstream accounting. And well over half of all BTC mining is now firmly on American soil. So what's to complain about??

Apart from improvements to Lightning (and maybe Liquid) we don't need Core to be tweaked just so it can be used to more efficiently purchase cups of Coffee. That's what BCH is perfectly suited for.

Bitcoin's next target in the pecking order is Apple Inc. Once that valuation is surpassed, then Bitcoin's next Market Cap target will be the big one ... Gold Bullion!

So stop the arguing and kindly start reaching out to potential allies in the wider Bitcoin + BTC Derivatives space.

Because if you Core-related Chaps ("Guys" in American parlance) f*ck up anytime between now and mid 2027, then you will almost certainly doom the rest of us to mere existence under CBDC's!

Improve your politics! Control your emotions. Organize your Pow-Wows! Get past this rocky period intact, and singing from the same hymn sheet.