Bitcoin Core --> Bitcoin Knots, why?

Bitcoin and Lightning
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If I’m running Bitcoin Core why would I move to Bitcoin Knots, is there some significant advantage of Knots that would make it worth all the trouble?

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The whole Core V Knots debate is primarily concerned with the OP_RETURN limit changes in Core. There are many YouTube videos explaining the background to the issue. Similarly, there are many interesting threads on X that go in detail on what’s at stake.

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I wrote something about that last year. Shameless plug: Bitcoin Knots: A Better Bitcoin Client

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Thanks, awesome write up! Assuming there are no Easter eggs in the Knots s/w to drain my wallet, it looks like the way to go. :rofl:

If I’m currently running a node on a Windoze 11 machine, if I ‘upgrade’ to Knots will have have to re-download the whole blockchain?

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No way, it won’t drain your wallet if you run it on Umbrel and use it to verify or send transactions.

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I’ll leave Bitcoin Core on my Umbrel, but I didn’t update the node on my Windoze 11 machine to Knots just to see what it’s all about. Thanks for the input.

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no you can just move the folders chainstate and blocks to the data directory of the bitcoin knots app or just run from the bitcoin-knots folder bitcoin-qt.exe -DATADIR=your file folder here ex; bitcoin-qt -Datadir=g:\bitcoin\data

please dont move the folders when the node is running :slight_smile: