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Knots node count will continue growing as misinformed fools hope that running more Knots nodes will change the dynamics of data propagation on the network. It won't. But it will likely take a long time for certain stubborn folks to capitulate.
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There is no resolution mechanism for the relay policy dispute. My hunch is this fight will persist for a long time. It is likely in my view that the share of knots nodes running on the network will keep growing as a result.
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If capitulation is set as the aim, the discourse is already tyrannical. Stewardship of a decentralized network demands humility; recognizing that resilience comes precisely from disagreement, heterogeneity of implementation, and persistence of minority views. To frame dissenters as “misinformed fools” and set their eventual surrender as the intended outcome exposes a will to dominate, not to serve. That is maleficence, not stewardship. A true steward would welcome even “inefficient” or “redundant” nodes as expressions of sovereignty, diversity, and the right of each participant to weigh tradeoffs for themselves. If your definition of success requires erasing opposition rather than integrating it into the fabric of the network, you’re not defending decentralization; you’re replacing it with centralization of narrative and authority. In that light, capitulation is not validation of truth but confession of defeat to power.
I would like to point out that not all ppl who run knots do it because they believe opening up op_return is bad. Some ppl do it because they have been spooked by some core devs behaviours. Some people switched to knots not bc of the change itself, but bc of the way core devs handled the whole discussion (arrogance, call to authority, technocracy, constant discredit of other party). They might be absolutely right on the change, but their public engagament has been horrible to say the least. Also their complete lack of self-reflection is staggering: "20% of the network is expressing dissatisfaction with us, well we surely have done absolutely nothing wrong and they must be all retards"). I think this is the biggest factor making ppl switch, core is harakiri itself big time with this behaviour