people who think that core is some sort of intransparent institution operating in the shadows are either too lazy or too dumb to go have a look for themselves. literally everything they do is public, anyone can chime in, and the result of their work is pure open source code. just because core people do free and open source work doesn’t mean they have to listen to you. if you think that’s arrogant, think about the number of karens with strong opinions in the world. nobody needs this shit. either you do the work and contribute constructively, or you gtfo. the fact that you might be angry doesn’t matter to anyone here. nobody cares. this is the internet. bitcoin is not a democracy. core devs are not your politicians. nobody owes you anything. not even an explanation. then there are those who are just pure sociopaths. when someone they hallucinate to represent “core” – which in their mind are the “cool kids” – doesn’t agree with them, they crash out publicly. it’s the grown-up version of “they don’t want to play with me”. they paint themselves as lone rangers when in reality they simply can’t find anyone who would work with them voluntarily. many such cases in this space too.