"Citrea didn't need to "ask" formally when Core devs actively solved their business problem for them"
again you slipped into something factually not true. core did not solve any business problem for ...
You proved my point. Core changed Bitcoin policy for Citrea's "needs" (Poinsot's blog, Todd's PR), and Citrea couldn't be arsed to use it.
They still run 80-byte + fake outputs. The change was made "for them" (instagibbs: "harm reduction for Citrea"), they said "nah we good," and Core merged it anyway against 93 NACKs.
That's not "no capture" - that's worse. Core captured Bitcoin for a specific company's hypothetical use case, and the company didn't even bother adopting it.
Regulatory capture where the regulated entity doesn't even say thank you. Embarrassing.
They still run 80-byte + fake outputs. The change was made "for them" (instagibbs: "harm reduction for Citrea"), they said "nah we good," and Core merged it anyway against 93 NACKs.
That's not "no capture" - that's worse. Core captured Bitcoin for a specific company's hypothetical use case, and the company didn't even bother adopting it.
Regulatory capture where the regulated entity doesn't even say thank you. Embarrassing.
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