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I have been seeing some claims that "Bitcoin Knots is part of the Bitcoin Core project", that "Bitcoin Knots is just another release of Bitcoin Core", and that "Bitcoin Knots has more contributors than Bitcoin Core".

Bitcoin Core has about 40 regular contributors with over a thousand past contributors. The Bitcoin Core project releases its software on bitcoincore.org. Bitcoin Core releases are signed by several Bitcoin Core contributors and other community members. Releases are attested to by this community.

Bitcoin Core’s source code is released under the MIT License. The MIT License is a permissive open-source license permitting anyone to do almost anything with the licensed code.

Bitcoin Knots is a project fork of Bitcoin Core. Bitcoin Knots appears to be developed by a single developer pushing directly to master without peer review. Bitcoin Knots releases are composed of Bitcoin Core’s source code modified with a patch set of about 1400 commits. The same individual unilaterally issues releases. There is no indication that anyone else has ever contributed code or review directly to Bitcoin Knots. Bitcoin Knots is not endorsed by the Bitcoin Core project.

Claims to the contrary appear to be based on a unique individual perception of reality.

Kush 7mo ago 💬 2

Very interesting. Thank you. So what is purpose of Bitcoin Knots

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Felipe 7mo ago 💬 1

Spam Filters

Kush 7mo ago 💬 1

Are the filters a valid addition

Felipe 7mo ago 💬 3

I don't really know tbh

Kush 7mo ago 💬 2

Ok… I’m a non techie but I run a node with a few Bitaxe Gammas pointing hash to Ocean and have loaded Bitcoin Knots. I’m into making a contribution to the decentralisation of mining and want to grow into solo mining. It all feels aligned to the original Bitcoin ethos and feels very much like the right thing to do

Felipe 7mo ago 💬 1

Same, I'd love to have plenty of Gammas pointed at Ocean

Kush 7mo ago 💬 1

It’s the thing Bro… jump in!

Felipe 7mo ago 💬 2

That looks beautiful! Is it noisy?

I got one Supra

Kush 7mo ago 💬 1

Ta… it’s really quiet and there’s no meaningful heat issue.

Supra’s are good. We need more ppl like you building swarms of Bitaxe.

Felipe 7mo ago 💬 1

When I get a house sometime next year I'll have many of them running. I look so much forward to diving into it!

Kush 7mo ago

Good call my friend

Tom 7mo ago 💬 1

There is a known issue with Knots in that after 2 years it needs restarting otherwise your node won't follow the main chain. You of course need to know this if you're intending to make money off mining.

Knots is maintained by a single developer so please be wary of what's on your miners.

I'm on no side (Core vs Knots) but there is a healthy debate currently happening.

Kush 7mo ago

Thanks for the pointers. I’m in for some sats but the principal is the bigger issue for me.

Likewise I don’t have a side be it Core or Knots but I’ll do what I can towards decentralisation at every opportunity

Luke Dashjr 7mo ago 💬 1

No, there isn't. Stop making things up if you're supposedly "on no side"

Tom 7mo ago

I may have misunderstood the note I read https://nostter.app/nevent1qqsr37n6p6kcqsln0v7gde6lgnyudee8nnyzhnja0w4hr9wvqyz33wclvawmu

I'm not attacking you or your project, you're an inspiration. I'm trying to share information, not increase animosity.

mdubore 7mo ago 💬 1

Core did nothing as the network is spammed by people who think that bitcoin is simply a database not a monetary network. Knots implemented filters actively trying to deny those spamming the network.

Kush 7mo ago

Understood. Knots keeps us true