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Throughout 2025, developers have been intensely debating the use of Bitcoin’s tens of thousands of nodes for queueing up data unrelated to the movement of BTC. As their fight over Bitcoin Core’s software — specifically, its default mempool policies for OP_RETURN datacarrier outputs — continues, the rift between Core and its opposition, Knots, has led to its most severe proposal yet: excommunication. In a highly controversial post, an anti-Knots developer has published code and resources for Bitcoin Core node operators to disconnect from and digitally excommunicate Knots nodes entirely . There are about 3,000 Knots node operators online at any moment which, unlike Core operators, oppose the use of Bitcoin’s mempool to relay large amounts of OP_RETURN data unrelated to the on-chain movement of BTC. Knots node operators control about 7% of the total 22,000 reachable nodes across the Bitcoin network. For months, they’ve lamented Core’s acquiescence to cor...

Despite its stance against crypto, China still controls 55% of the Bitcoin mining network even though it has a ban on the asset. Indeed, the country is a key player in BTC mining despite the restriction that was imposed on the asset class more than three years ago. The country maintains control over more than half of the entire global network, according to CryptoQuant CEO Ki Young Ju. In a post to X (formerly Twitter), he discussed the dominance of the industry shifting from the United States. Moreover, he discusses how it has transferred to the Eastern Asian nation. Source: newsbtc.com Also Read: Trump Says US Will be Bitcoin Mining Hub If He’s Re-Elected China Controls 55% of Bitcoin Hashrate Despite Ban as US Lags Behind Amid his bid for reelection in 2024, former President Donald Trump has placed a spotlight on crypto. Specifically, he has consistently expressed his desire for the United States to remain the top player in the developing asset class. Although those hopes are possibl...