i think this is a good wake up call to people that we should have well maintained alternative implementations
people that are willing to do that work should apply to opensats
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I completely agree.
The libbitcoinkernel project is also an interesting initiative from Core.
Absolutely. Balancing development and ossification. 
Ossification and Bitcoin Development
Diametrically opposed or complementary?
Libbitcoin has been doing some fantastic work over the years. You should invite Eric Voskuil on citadel dispatch
It needs more contributors and funding.
I tried to build it on Arch Linux a couple of years ago and was unable to. My feeling at the time was that it wouldn't run with up to date libraries. I see that Eric is still working on it so hopefully that has changed.