The post Bitcoin Core devs call dissidents ‘Knotzis,’ find bug in their software appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. A group of developers that manages the world’s most popular full node software, Bitcoin Core, continues to assert their view that the OP_RETURN war of 2025 is over, they’ve won, and their dissidents are unserious people following a hillbilly leader. Their latest jeers include a new nickname for their opposition, “Knotzis,” and cackling at a minor Knots software bug. They continue to bask in their victory despite a growing displacement of their actual software’s dominance across the Bitcoin network. Indeed, Knots users — who protest Core’s OP_RETURN changes — have grown 10-fold this year, going from fewer than 400 to nearly 4,000 internet-connected nodes. Reachable Core node operators, in contrast, haven’t multiplied, hovering around 20,000 across the same time period. In brief, the OP_RETURN war is this year’s most contentious disagreement between Bitcoin developers. Core devs want to ease the memory storage capabilities of the OP_RETURN scripting code for data unrelated to the on-chain movement of bitcoin (BTC). Knots devs, in contrast, want to maintain strict filters against this data to disincentivize what they view as “spam” from bogging down node operators’ computer memory. As the two camps have become increasingly emotional and entrenched in their beliefs, many of the arguments have degraded into name-calling and ad hominem attacks. Bitcoin Mechanic responds to Shinobi’s name-calling. Bitcoin Core devs laugh at Knots dissidents There are endless examples of verbal sparring on social media. Antoine Poinsot, a leader of the OP_RETURN war, accused one critic of feeding an echo chamber with “what they like to hear.” He’s called Knots users “filteroors” and branded any network they might fork, “Bitcoin Brain Knots.” Bitcoin Core dev Peter Todd, who worked with Poinsot on the pull request for their pro-data storage OP_RETURN change, claimed that Knots nodes accomplish “nothing.” He also laughed at Knots nodes… The post Bitcoin Core devs call dissidents ‘Knotzis,’ find bug in their software appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. A group of developers that manages the world’s most popular full node software, Bitcoin Core, continues to assert their view that the OP_RETURN war of 2025 is over, they’ve won, and their dissidents are unserious people following a hillbilly leader. Their latest jeers include a new nickname for their opposition, “Knotzis,” and cackling at a minor Knots software bug. They continue to bask in their victory despite a growing displacement of their actual software’s dominance across the Bitcoin network. Indeed, Knots users — who protest Core’s OP_RETURN changes — have grown 10-fold this year, going from fewer than 400 to nearly 4,000 internet-connected nodes. Reachable Core node operators, in contrast, haven’t multiplied, hovering around 20,000 across the same time period. In brief, the OP_RETURN war is this year’s most contentious disagreement between Bitcoin developers. Core devs want to ease the memory storage capabilities of the OP_RETURN scripting code for data unrelated to the on-chain movement of bitcoin (BTC). Knots devs, in contrast, want to maintain strict filters against this data to disincentivize what they view as “spam” from bogging down node operators’ computer memory. As the two camps have become increasingly emotional and entrenched in their beliefs, many of the arguments have degraded into name-calling and ad hominem attacks. Bitcoin Mechanic responds to Shinobi’s name-calling. Bitcoin Core devs laugh at Knots dissidents There are endless examples of verbal sparring on social media. Antoine Poinsot, a leader of the OP_RETURN war, accused one critic of feeding an echo chamber with “what they like to hear.” He’s called Knots users “filteroors” and branded any network they might fork, “Bitcoin Brain Knots.” Bitcoin Core dev Peter Todd, who worked with Poinsot on the pull request for their pro-data storage OP_RETURN change, claimed that Knots nodes accomplish “nothing.” He also laughed at Knots nodes…

Bitcoin Core devs call dissidents ‘Knotzis,’ find bug in their software

2025/08/22 20:18
3분 읽기
이 콘텐츠에 대한 의견이나 우려 사항이 있으시면 [email protected]으로 연락주시기 바랍니다

A group of developers that manages the world’s most popular full node software, Bitcoin Core, continues to assert their view that the OP_RETURN war of 2025 is over, they’ve won, and their dissidents are unserious people following a hillbilly leader.

Their latest jeers include a new nickname for their opposition, “Knotzis,” and cackling at a minor Knots software bug.

They continue to bask in their victory despite a growing displacement of their actual software’s dominance across the Bitcoin network. Indeed, Knots users — who protest Core’s OP_RETURN changes — have grown 10-fold this year, going from fewer than 400 to nearly 4,000 internet-connected nodes.

Reachable Core node operators, in contrast, haven’t multiplied, hovering around 20,000 across the same time period.

In brief, the OP_RETURN war is this year’s most contentious disagreement between Bitcoin developers. Core devs want to ease the memory storage capabilities of the OP_RETURN scripting code for data unrelated to the on-chain movement of bitcoin (BTC).

Knots devs, in contrast, want to maintain strict filters against this data to disincentivize what they view as “spam” from bogging down node operators’ computer memory.

As the two camps have become increasingly emotional and entrenched in their beliefs, many of the arguments have degraded into name-calling and ad hominem attacks.

Bitcoin Mechanic responds to Shinobi’s name-calling.

Bitcoin Core devs laugh at Knots dissidents

There are endless examples of verbal sparring on social media.

Antoine Poinsot, a leader of the OP_RETURN war, accused one critic of feeding an echo chamber with “what they like to hear.” He’s called Knots users “filteroors” and branded any network they might fork, “Bitcoin Brain Knots.”

Bitcoin Core dev Peter Todd, who worked with Poinsot on the pull request for their pro-data storage OP_RETURN change, claimed that Knots nodes accomplish “nothing.”

He also laughed at Knots nodes operators for falling for an “advertisement scam” by Knots leader Luke Dashjr.

Chaincode Labs developer Sergi Delgado proposed a Knots fork he called Bitcoin Unknotted, a joke intending to make fun of Knots’ shortcomings.

Delgado also occasionally replies to mentions of Luke Dashjr with Jesus-themed memes, making fun of Dashjr’s sedevacantist faith.

Knotzis

This month, some Core influencers started calling Knots influencers “Knotzis,” a derogatory portmanteau of Knots and Nazis.

They also found a minor software bug that might affect Knots users in future if not patched.

Wicked, another Core fan, laughed “Knotzis in shambles” while posting a chart claiming that Knots filters failed to prevent spam data.

Chaincode dev Carla Kirk-Cohen chimed in on the OP_RETURN drama while announcing an update, “While y’all were fightin’ we were buildin’.”

Blaming Chaincode Labs

Many Knots users blame Chaincode Labs workers for leading the OP_RETURN data storage initiative. 

Chaincode is a company and educational resource for technical Bitcoin workers. It serves as a cultural hub and shorthand for a community of New York City-based Bitcoin developers who attend events like BitDevs NYC or co-work under Alex Morcos and Suhas Daftuar.

Read more: BitcoinCore website hosts letter from one side of OP_RETURN debate

Marcos’ and Daftuar’s Chaincode has been training Bitcoin developers since 2014. The co-founders are independently wealthy as quant traders who co-founded the lucrative Hudson River Trading company in 2002. 

For context, when they co-founded Chaincode Labs in 2014, their Hudson River Trading was responsible for 5% of all US stock trades.

Their wealth and well-funded programs at Chaincode make them easy targets of criticism regarding corporate influence over Bitcoin development.

Got a tip? Send us an email securely via Protos Leaks. For more informed news, follow us on X, Bluesky, and Google News, or subscribe to our YouTube channel.

Source: https://protos.com/bitcoin-core-devs-call-dissidents-knotzis-find-bug-in-their-software/

시장 기회
스레숄드 로고
스레숄드 가격(T)
$0.005341
$0.005341$0.005341
+0.26%
USD
스레숄드 (T) 실시간 가격 차트
면책 조항: 본 사이트에 재게시된 글들은 공개 플랫폼에서 가져온 것으로 정보 제공 목적으로만 제공됩니다. 이는 반드시 MEXC의 견해를 반영하는 것은 아닙니다. 모든 권리는 원저자에게 있습니다. 제3자의 권리를 침해하는 콘텐츠가 있다고 판단될 경우, [email protected]으로 연락하여 삭제 요청을 해주시기 바랍니다. MEXC는 콘텐츠의 정확성, 완전성 또는 시의적절성에 대해 어떠한 보증도 하지 않으며, 제공된 정보에 기반하여 취해진 어떠한 조치에 대해서도 책임을 지지 않습니다. 본 콘텐츠는 금융, 법률 또는 기타 전문적인 조언을 구성하지 않으며, MEXC의 추천이나 보증으로 간주되어서는 안 됩니다.

No Chart Skills? Still Profit

No Chart Skills? Still ProfitNo Chart Skills? Still Profit

Copy top traders in 3s with auto trading!