so here goes again
bitcoin-core.. is not unique..
anyone can replicate the code. and change 98% of it.. even re-write the whole thing into VB.net, C#, Ruby, Python. any language they please..
as long as the main rules hidden within the code are not broken to destroy the handshaking and data communications between nodes.
So - you have coded every C++ quirk that is in Bitcoin?
Do you even know C++ well enough to have done that?
(I am going to ask you to prove your knowledge of C++ if you want to really continue this silly argument)
i rewrote the whole lot into a different language.. thank you very much..
and yes it does download the blockchain
and yes it does relay transactions
and yes it does check and validate transactions
and yes it follows the rules.. but allows me to change the block limit to 2mb as i think thats what everyone will agree to once the drama settles... and i can do that without having to download someone elses .exe or having to chose a bandcamp religion to follow
so getting back on topic
tell me why you think bitcoin-core is the only implementation in the world that can successfully talk to other nodes?? and why suggest that non bitcoin-core nodes are an altcoin.. yet they are using the same chain and talking to the same nodes as bitcoin-core.. meaning its the same network