If you think the Knots is compromised in some way I’m interested to see some evidence. It’s still a new client, and will need to be as decentralized as possible as time goes on - but the main issue is with Core. Knots was made in response to chain bloat and hierarchy within core. Core in fact does not align with Satoshi’s vision. There is no where in the white paper or forums where you could make the case for non monetary data (memecoins, stables, inscription spam and runes) on the base layer. The only use for this alteration was for VC funds and companies to profit off using BTC as data storage. We do not need NFTs or $dog on top of Bitcoin and Core enabled this on purpose - for fiat profit. What we really need isnodes to easily download the time chain, with as much upfront cost and little bloat as possible - or else it will be centralized like every other crypto. Honestly that’s up to the individual to decide. That’s how consensus works. Read the BIP. Read what Adam back and Core are saying. One is clear that Bitcoin should have zero non monetary use cases - the other uses complex reasoning and appeal to authority to confuse the masses on their real intention.