Adam Back and ArbedOut take the stage at PubKey NYC with host Thomas Pacchia to discuss the brewing tensions between Bitcoin Core and Bitcoin Knots. Could we be heading toward a fork? Plus:

• How the OP_RETURN “flame war” revives a decade-old argument over spam, censorship, and Bitcoin’s purpose
• Why ArbedOut is choosing to steelman Bitcoin Knots and its alleged ability to filter "spam" transactions
• Why it's crucial to understand the difference between policy and consensus when it comes to BIPs
• The forgotten history of XT, Classic, Unlimited, and other Bitcoin forks (and what those client wars reveal about today’s split)
• Adam Back’s firsthand account of why OP_RETURN existed in the first place—did lazy developers force its creation?

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