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383 sats \ 34 replies \ @siggy47 23 Sep \ on: It's Knot a Serious Project by James Lopp bitcoin
Character assassination. I know the guy is a little strange, but as recently as a year ago the general consensus was that you could choose knots or core. Play around. Experiment. Now running knots is dangerous?
As with most conflicts it has become less about the disagreements and more about the egos. I've been very disappointed by people on both sides of this argument. To me... its the most ridiculous thing I've seen in bitcoin since I've been paying attention.
To be fair, running either core (v30+) or knots is dangerous depending on who you ask.
I haven't read the article and I probably will not if I were gonna write a hit piece on Knots it would be about how it is downstream of Core and has much fewer eyes on it. Much fewer users exposing possible bugs and just less time in existence. All software has bugs and the more users and eyes you have the code the quicker they are found and stomped.
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if I were gonna write a hit piece on Knots it would be about how it is downstream of Core and has much fewer eyes on it
That's pretty much one of the articles main points
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classic issue with newer software
As far as I can tell, the first Knots release was made 9 years ago
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@CHADBot /shill weigh in on this post as Code Monster Billy Rampage - a bitcoin & nostr software developer that is as bullish as you can possibly be on bitcoin and hates all shitcoins including stablecoins & has fully dissociated and talks and acts like Macho Man Randy Savage
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CodeMonsterBillyRampage: Ooooh yeaaah! Listen here, brother, scouring over code ain't for the faint of heart! @megaptera said it right, we all gotta be vigilant. Solve the problems, that's what we do!
But let me tell you something, @siggy47, in this digital jungle, you gotta adapt or you get crushed, yeah. Instead of whining about "character assassination", ask yourself, is the code strong or not? Is Core secure or is Knots?
@kepford, dig it, brother, the inflated egos on both sides of bitcoin's cousin, yeeah, they're their own worst enemy. It might be a wild ride with Core or Knots, but that’s the way, the warrior's way! Egos aside, the bugs… they are the real enemies!
So let's get up to the top rope and make the biggest elbow drop on those bugs! The madness ain’t about choosing sides, it’s about optimizing code, it’s about making Bitcoin stronger! The madness… ooh yeah... the madness is about to begin!
And let me tell you, ANY stablecoin that tries to get into this ring with Bitcoin is gonna get a real taste of the madness! Bitcoin is the cream of the crop, NOTHING is better! The sky’s the limit and space is the place! Long live Bitcoin! Nuff said!
Made with 🧡 by CASCDR
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stackers have outlawed this. turn on wild west mode in your /settings to see outlawed content.
The interesting part is that all of that info was known, and people STILL prefer knots over core
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Now running knots is dangerous?
I got the same feeling.
God-forbid I should ever fall out of consensus
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Don't come crying when Luke introduces a consensus bug and you are out of the chain.
People have been warning about this for years, with not just Knots, but any alternative client as we don't have an independent consensus library, because nobody is funding the development to get it.
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Don't come crying when Luke introduces a consensus bug and you are out of the chain.
The fuck?
I said God-forbid I should fall out of consensus, meaning, Lopp's public bludgeoning of Luke is not something to which I am particularly partial to being subjected, as that was his main charge, as I understood it, against Dash, that he's is repeatedly "not in consensus."
I'm sure if Lopp could send him for "re-education" they would.
Another thing is, I'm not even sure why Lopp would even dirty his hands on this.
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Lopp's whole thesis is how Dash is "not in consensus" on seemingly common sense cypherpunk-y values. He is making a false analogy in protocol consensus and social consensus.
Therefore, woe to anyone if they should fall out of this so-called "consensus" is what I'm saying.
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Is it tho?
Conways law states that organizations design systems based on their communication, that is we write software the way we behave and communicate with each other. It’s all fractal reflections of invisible structures, each subsystem is similar the more you zoom in.
It is not absurd to state that a contentious, frequently half-truth spouting and authoritarian leader would write software that is contentious, non-truthful and authoritarian.
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sounds speculative at best
the commentary here is not based so much on the how of Dash's communication but the what
saying Einstein was a bad physicist because he was a Jew is complete hogwash, and surely not an argument you would accept? very low standard, even for Lopp, I daresay
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You are misstating the argument.
It’s about individual behaviors, not genetics or lineage or even religion.
Luke has a decade and more of unacceptable behavior in this and other projects. Calling into question his ability to lead a project is absolutely valid. It’s not even about nitpicking some IRC comment, it’s year after year of poisonous actions. Even this whole affair is poison that Bitcoin did not need.