Knots' Attack Claim Sparks Expert Backlash on Bitcoin Network

Bitcoin Knots, an alternative node client, claimed that the Bitcoin network is under attack and block production has slowed sharply. However, this claim was met with skepticism by experts, including David Schwartz, the former chief technology officer at Ripple. Schwartz accused Bitcoin Knots of misleading readers who lack technical context to check their claims.

Bitcoin Knots' warning drew instant pushback from developers outside the project, who rejected the framing that weaker consensus rules invite false confirmations. Bitcoin Core nodes follow the chain that almost all hashpower secures, and that chain never stopped. The main network has since pulled more than 300 blocks ahead.

The frozen chain belongs to Knots itself, a result of its controversial BIP-110 soft fork, which stalled at block 961,633 after producing just two blocks. Miners never backed the split, and support peaked near 2.53% even after organizers cut the activation threshold from 95% to 55%, then dropped to zero during mandatory signaling.

Bitcoin Knots urged users to stay on its software, warning that weaker consensus rules invite false confirmations. However, experts told Bitcoin node operators to ignore the downgrade advice and stick with the main network.