Here is an example from one day ago. There’s numerous other messages from a variety of people that basically say “do you know who I am?” This is not a projection.

That aside, I agree with much of what you said in your reply above and decided to engage in good faith initially because I thought it would be taken as such, and I was right. I am grateful for the things you are building and very much appreciate you defending the things you care about.

I have been studying bitcoin basically non-stop (as many do) for over 5 years now (I accept I’m still new) and from a pleb, I think much of the concern is from a philosophical point of view on the things I mentioned earlier. Having the concerns responded to previously with “you don’t know what you’re talking about” is deeply unfortunate and unhelpful. It’s the type of “expert” behaviour we’ve come to despise (I’m not saying you have done this).

I also think most people do not care about Knots - it’s essentially a protest or concern against Core v30 and the changes being made. Many are saying they’re gonna keep running older versions.

You’re right that Bitcoin doesn’t care. It’s one of the properties we all love. But equally plebs don’t care, we’re a bunch of psychos, and we’ll have our say about the governance of Bitcoin whether devs like it or not.

Whether devs think this is a philosophical debate or not is also irrelevant. Many node runners and plebs think it is. Maybe that’s from our previous ignorance of the technical matters. But you say “all bytes are equal” and we’re now coming to understand what this means for the future of Bitcoin and how much data can be stored. I would expect push back against arbitrary data storage (even though it meets consensus) to continue.

It’s very clear that Bitcoin is like no other protocol that we’ve ever seen. It’s bound to create tension. It’s just a shame to see the the unpleasantness I read about in the Blocksize Wars playing out again. Although I guess that’s human nature.

Thanks Calle. You’re a legend. ✌️