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open source software is powerful because anyone can verify, modify, distribute, and use without permission a robust open source ecosystem empowers all of us to take agency over our lives fighting with people over what software they run is mostly unproductive, run what you want, thats the whole point

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I thought not everything was good for Bitcoin? This is a political matter. Whoever persuades and perseveres wins. There is something to be won; otherwise, nobody would be fighting. Relying on people to “take agency” is a losing proposition. Authority and brand matters, that’s why most people run Core.
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protocol consensus is not the threshold for something pertaining to the shared order of the Bitcoin network/community. Debates over spam, filters, and mempool policy are by definition political. People that don’t run bitcoin software are not network participants. Most network participants run Core.
It’s freedom to run any software you want. FOSS was the way in the early 90s and it’s the correct way now. I’d argue we were innovating faster with open source until all the mega corporations came in and tried to close source everything and build the walled gardens we are in now. Open source accelerates human flourishing, just like Bitcoin does. Developer write code faster than the government writes laws. LFG
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The increase on knots adoption is a clear sign that Core devs can't run over us. To be fair, I will expect more of you and other main influencers demand answers. I don't see a serious debate or at least a serious technical explanation on what they are going go perpetrate. Fee estimation? Block propagation? Oh please.
There wouldn't be any fighting if **_anyone_** on the Core side could explain the changes and the reasoning clearly. I've been reading the exchanges here for days and even the people I view as friends have not been able to put together an argument that sounded remotely cogent. I've directly asked for this from devs and they didn't respond, instead continuing to respond in an increasingly hateful way to other people. Is a clear explanation really that much of an ask? Why does the knots side sound **_a million times_** better thought out, if its not actually better thought out?
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Yeah and don't use level state propaganda spreading child porn fear unto bitcoin core runners like me. That is actually anti marketing for Knots lol 🤣 So many twitter bitcoin influencers push the agenda in a weird manner. Like Mr.Odell said - run what you want and turn off ideology.