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