The latest Bitcoin Core update v30, released on October 12th, has established itself as one of the two most popular client versions for Bitcoin nodes.
At the end of October, CriptoNoticias reported rapid adoption of its edition. The advance intensified.
On November 11th, mempool.space developer mononautical shared an X image showing back then. Core v30 was the most used software.
2,509 nodes are registered, 10.66% of the total. Core v28 followed closely with 2,507 nodes (10.65%).
However, these numbers have changed slightly since that publication. At the end of this article, Core v28 leads the list with 2,397 nodes, which is 10.70%..
Next is version 30 with 2,348 nodes (10.48%), and Core v29 with 1,904 nodes (8.50%). In total, there are approximately 23,000 Bitcoin node brokers.
Behind the rise of Core v30 on Bitcoin nodes
The growth of Core v30 occurs in a scenario characterized by technical and philosophical debates between developers and ecosystem collaborators.
This conflict centers around how Bitcoin customers define which features should be prioritized.
Specifically, some participants believe that the latest core update will enable increased use of spam. This term is used to describe Transactions without monetary purpose.
Core v30 expands the field to 100,000 bytes, leading to criticism Registration possible through opcode OP_RETURN. This field allows data to be included in transactions and, according to its critics, facilitates the growth of network files containing non-financial content.
Additionally, this controversy led an anonymous developer to propose a soft fork. Curb non-monetary data storage Not Bitcoin.
From the core development area, they claimed that the design was as follows: respect freedom and autonomy The people who operate the nodes and decide how they interact with Bitcoin. For them, this autonomy is a way to maintain the network and its decentralized design.
