Reddit moderator bans Knots leader from r/Bitcoin
Knots leader Bitcoin Mechanic was banned from Reddit's most popular Bitcoin community after posting about the contentious BIP-110.
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Bitcoin Core pulls v30 downloads over bug that can scrub Satoshi-era wallets
Bitcoin developers overlooked a major bug in Core v30 that could have led to catastrophic loss of BTC for full node wallet users.
Dathon Ohm: the dev who wants to fork Bitcoin
Members of the Bitcoin community have made lighthearted attempts to de-anonymize Dathon Ohm, the author of the BIP 444 soft fork proposal.
Bitcoin’s OP_RETURN war just went nuclear: a chain fork proposal
A proposed Bitcoin fork would commence an activation period for updating consensus rules to limit storage unrelated to the movement of BTC.
EXCLUSIVE: Lawyers call Bitcoin Core v30 CSAM concerns ‘overblown’
Bitcoin Knots supporters have argued that a change to an upcoming release of Bitcoin Core could open node operators up to legal attacks.
Bitcoin Core drops OP_RETURN deprecation hours before v30 release month
The accommodation signaled a slight victory for Knots node operators who have protested Core’s easements of OP_RETURN’s datacarriersize.
Did Luke Dashjr really plan a Bitcoin hard fork?
Knots proponent Luke Dashjr called TheRage’s claim that he's planning a Bitcoin hard fork “completely unfounded lies.”
Bitcoin Core versus Knots disagreements go parabolic
Bitcoin’s OP_RETURN War continues to escalate, with a round-the-clock stream of divisive rhetoric from Knots and Core v30 proponents.
Bitcoin Core v30 could cause ‘catastrophic’ node shutdown, critics warn
Bitcoin Mechanic claims that a likely outcome of the Core v30 increase is a forced shutdown of hosted nodes and cloud infrastructure.
Bitcoin Core dev claimed Knots operators were inflating statistics
A Bitcoin Core developer was quick to celebrate news about an alleged sybil attack responsible for up to 1,758 Knots nodes.