What Bitcoin Did The Fight For Bitcoin’s Future | Samson Mow
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Sep 27, 2025 Samson Mow, CEO of JAN3 and a passionate Bitcoin advocate, dives deep into the rift between Bitcoin Core and Knots. He discusses rising mistrust in Core development and the implications for governance and network integrity. Mow analyzes UTXO growth as a potential systemic risk, the challenges of mempool fragmentation, and the ongoing debate over Bitcoin's adaptability. He also shares insights on nation-state adoption, predicting accelerating momentum, especially in Latin America, and outlines the need for clearer guidelines on data storage on-chain.
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Origin Of The Core–Knots Schism
- The Core vs Knots split began when Core labeled Luke's report on inscriptions as "not a bug" and changed docs instead of fixing it.
- That moment cascaded into the ongoing schism over op_return, spam, and repo control.
Delay Upgrading To Core 30
- Don't rush to upgrade to Core 30; consider staying on Core 29 until the community clarifies direction.
- Wait for a conservative middle-path client or a well-reviewed fork before switching.
Mempool Fragmentation Harms The Network
- Growing Knot's adoption fragments the mempool because users apply different filter policies and miners may have private pools.
- Mempool fragmentation harms compact blocks, fee estimation, RBF, and Lightning reliability.