I am just curious what your background is considering the OP, if you are actively contributing I put more weight into what I read from you.

Not looking for some hostile back & forth about the current fiasco.

I like the idea of optionality for Bitcoiners regardless if it stays a niche project - which it should be for the time-being.

You disregard it for obvious reasons, but I think we should review it based on merit of code first & foremost.