dlmcycling on Nostr: You can read about it on the Internet, but briefly: Bitcoin Core is Bitcoin node ...

You can read about it on the Internet, but briefly: Bitcoin Core is Bitcoin node software that validates the blockchain. Core recently vastly increased the default OP_RETURN data size, a move that normalizes on‑chain spam.

Knots is an alternative to Core that adheres to the principle that Bitcoin is money, not a general-purpose blockchain.