To be clear, while I think the Knotters arguments are invalid and poorly reasoned, I am genuinely happy to see a non-Core node achieve some traction.

In the beginning, there was only Core. Over time, Core functions have peeled off. Mining, pool coordination, software wallets, signing devices, indexing, etc. Now we’re seeing the split-off of pre-confirmation peering policy. This is a good thing.

It’s important that we agree on the consensus rules, but beyond that, the more diverse the ecosystem of software the better. I’d like to see Core reduced to basically “lib consensus” and let everything else get handled at the application layer.