Its really obvious who actually pays attention right now and who is just getting their information tenth-hand from this site. Bitcoin Core GitHub has always been for technical discussion relevant to the specific PR to avoid it being impossible for them to get any work done. There are many other places to have broader discussions (e.g. the mailing list, IRC, delving, etc). Bitcoin Core is *finally* enforcing this rule, which is incredibly healthy for the project as it allows developers to stay focused, and people are upset because they only get bad takes on this site and don't actually research what happened. If you went and looked, you'd see that people who got banned were repeatedly making off-topic comments and didn't stop when it was made clear they should. That deserves a ban in *any* community. As for the specific thing going on, yes, sadly having a relay policy in Bitcoin Core that accepts all the transactions that people want to make (in this case Citrea wants to make) is a *critical* feature of the Bitcoin network. It ensures small miners (like Ocean!) are able to compete by making sure all transactions are available to everyone, rather than only available to large pools like @MARAHoldings via their Slipstream product or ViaBTC via their accelerator.