One of the biggest ones is projecting that the knots core debate is an existential threat to Bitcoin and acting like Bitcoin is cooked over this/as if this is the biggest threat…when it absolutely isn’t.
Also folks projecting what “intent” core devs have over this issue and making it deeply personal. Seems driven by ego more than anything imo
The existentialism is maybe a little dramatic, but it's definitely a debatable point in my view.
This isn't a cut and dried technical problem with a single solution. There is an ideological/philosophical component too.
Ultimately, my position is basically: I don't like spam, Knots and OCEAN help me to personally reject the spam, so I like those things and enthusiastically adopt them myself. I encourage others to do so also, but it's every individual's choice.
Whether this specific technical point is existential or not is, again, debatable. But I find it seriously problematic that Core doesn't consider any position other than the one they've decided is right. By their decree (we have another word for that, fiat), they are deciding that nodes upgrading to V30 will accept spam without possibility for recourse. I find that behavior to be a legitimate threat.
This goes beyond mere spam. As suggested by nostr:nprofile1qqs8fl79rnpsz5x00xmvkvtd8g2u7ve2k2dr3lkfadyy4v24r4k3s4spz9mhxue69uhkummnw3ezuamfdejj7qg4waehxw309aex2mrp0yhxgctdw4eju6t09uqsuamnwvaz7tmwdaejumr0dshsu0ur8h, opening OP_RETURN from 80/83 bytes to 100,000 bytes would allow storing child porn photos within that field. That would open the door for governments to step in and control the Bitcoin network.
Prevent child porn photos from making it's way to the Bitcoin network. Run Knots.
I agree with all of this in principle, but I think it's going pretty far down the realm of plausible to suggest that CP and governments taking over nodes is the primary problem here.
I would call that very low probability, and somewhat high but not crazily high impact.
I prefer to focus on how these huge transactions clog the chain, makes node running more expensive, and makes Bitcoin costlier to use as it was intended.
Which is sort of to say that I'm not quite so black pilled as my friend Mr Mechanic. Even though I agree with him on almost everything and he's been absolutely right before. So there's that.
