If I were to do it, I would make it so bitcoiners will start accepting, from small to progressively larger, externally forced interventions on how their nodes processe transactions, until they get numbed to the idea of having a central authority dictating rules for the whole network.
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That is also true. I'm all for multiple implementations for nodes, though ones that have slightly more devs verifying their code.
That is indeed a common objection.
But Knots is not "1 dev", it's "devs of Core" + 1
That's just false, and more so as it diverges in it's codebase.
If so, please educate me, really
That's not my job. Educate yourself.
Perhaps start by answering, if Luke makes a change to knots who reviews it?
Do not educate me then.
ChatGPT says that Knots is basically Core, with specific changes on top to enforce policies, confirming my previous knowledge.
If Luke makes a change to Knots, I can be certain it won't be reviewed by the same Core devs who refused to merge the inscriptions fix, and that's a good start already 😊