Since then he hasn't attacked me personally, until now, because I reviewed a pull request he hates.
In the mean time Luke has attacked Bitcoin Core on multiple occasions, e.g. creating needless drama around Taproot activation. Meanwhile despite calling Bitcoin Core all sort of bad names, he uses 99.99% of its code for Knots. Although he does occasionally contribute back, and of course has contributed much in the far past, it's not a healthy open source relationship.
Much of the drama he creates also comes across as either blatant self-promotion or his company Ocean (which I like, so that's unfortunate).
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So although I understand it doesn't look great when I respond like this, it would have been even worse if I attacked him without provocation. Even though perhaps that would have been more ethical.
Thanks for the nuanced and detailed reply.
I will only point out one thing you talk about... how knots uses 99% of the Bitcoin core code. Well, that seems like a good idea, honestly. I actually feel like Satoshi's premonision about the danger of multiple implementations was wise.
And as much as I don't want to rely on a single developer who seems to see the world in black and white to maintain the version that excludes the things that I think are bad for the network, I might switch to it because of that last part there.
Again, thanks for your thoughtful reply and best wishes on reviewing that pull request. 🙂
