Vitalik Buterin has waded into Bitcoin’s long-running dispute over “spam” policy and node software philosophy, amplifying a blistering post by Bitcoin developer Gregory Maxwell that frames the controversy as a clash between open, market-driven neutrality and what he calls populist calls for censorship. “Greg Maxwell defends a principled commitment to freedom and open market-based resource allocation against the populist desire to censor the Current Hated Thing,” Buterin wrote on X, quote-tweeting BitMEX Research’s summary of “fighting talk” in the “Core v Knots” debate.

Buterin Takes A Stance: Supports Bitcoin Core

The immediate spark was a fresh message from Maxwell—posted “Today at 06:40:27 PM” on Bitcointalk—responding to pressure on Bitcoin Core maintainers to ship code perceived a

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