We have choice. Bitcoin Knots. Also some Bitcoiners may decide not to upgrade to core 30. Core 30 may end up being the end of core too. Remember how Roger Ver tried to hijack Bitcoin but Bitcoin survived.
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I hear ya brother .... I'm running Knots . As soon as I heard the issue ... OP-RETURN 100,000 ... I was thinking, "NFTs, bloat". Along the way I posted as quickly as Kratter and Mechanic (not that I have 1/5th their IQ) ... about the threat.
Just last night .. it occurred to me .. wait, what? I was ying in bed and a YT podcast attempted to cover the issue and within 20 words I had them figured out ... they described Jamison Lopp as a "senior Bitcoin Dev" and I almost vomited in my bed.
That's when it occurred to me ... Bitcoin is now resting on like 4-5 Devs. A plurality just left and there's new players ... I doubt they have any Bitcoin. Visually observing other Core defenders .... I'm getting that creepy feeling.
Bro, its not just 4-5 devs.
Here is the latest pr / place where devs discuss the issue and you can see how many devs are involved (most easily just see the table with NACKs/ACKs).
There are devs with clear minds and there is solid opposition to the insanity.
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/32406
Also many devs are contributing to Knots too. And if we want to take part and vote it is done by running a node, Bitcoin Knots.