Bitcoin Knots

Bitcoin Nodes

Bitcoin Knots is an alternative full node implementation of Bitcoin, maintained by Luke Dashjr as a more conservative fork of Bitcoin Core. It includes additional features and patches that have not yet been merged into Bitcoin Core, along with stricter default policies around spam filtering and transaction selection. Bitcoin Knots is used by node operators who want tighter control over their mempool and block policies.

Details

Note: Alternative Bitcoin Core implementation by Luke Dashjr; stricter spam filtering policy
Type: Bitcoin full node
Fork Of: Bitcoin Core
License: MIT
Language: C++
Developer: Luke Dashjr
Node Type: full_node
Open Source: Yes
Bitcoin Only: Yes
Notable Feature: Stricter mempool policies, additional patches not yet in Bitcoin Core

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