Bitcoin Core versus Knots disagreements go parabolic
The battle between Bitcoiners supporting two versions of full node software, Knots and Core version 30, has reached fever pitch. This weekend, anti-Knots influencer CalleBTC described Knots as a “clown show” and claimed that 90% of Knots nodes were “fake.” He also amplified doubts about Knots statistics held by Bitcoin contributors Adam Back and Sergei Delgado, and likened the size of the Knots community to an embarrassingly small penis . Last Tuesday, Core v30 supporters claimed that Knots trackers were double-counting approximately 40% of nodes to convey an undeserved sense of popularity. On Saturday, more pro-Core influencers escalated their Analysis , reducing their estimate to 2.6% dominance across the Bitcoin network. knots is at 2.4% with ASmap turned on. continue pic.twitter.com/91s8wZH2xS — calle (@callebtc) September 13, 2025 Pro-Knots influencers countered with talk of a 10X dominance rate estimate equating to 23.8% of the Bitcoin network. Ov...