core devs were hating on Whirlpool.

there are plenty of reasons to opt out of the clusterfuck that is Bitcoin consensus.

that's one.

basically people who want to Build Shit often don't want to spend all there time waiting around and sociel engineering everyone else to get on the same page.

Bitcoin is hard to change by design and arguably already ossified.

people who want features that enhance censorship resistance and different trade-offs are going to do it elsewhere.