It doesn't matter if individual node runners are prosecuted or not.
CP on bitcoin can be used as a justification to shut bitcoin down or make it illegal.
This has been an argument for at least 10-12 years, and nothing ever became of it.
So you are out to destroy the block chain?
Absolutely the last thing that bitcoin needs is 7 billion ass clowns loading up the blockchain with pictures of their dog.
Oh… but wait…… What if some sick fuck uploads kiddie porn onto the blockchain and then the sickos start using it as a distribution network for kiddie porn as a guaranteed way to ensure distribution with ZERO TRACEABILITY ,…. now……. every copy of the block chain held independently would be:
1. An excuse for WHY kiddie porn was on your computer. ( sorry officer , I was only using bitcoin)
2. An excuse for law enforcement to totally destroy the Crypto currency due to its association with the most vile of human beings.
There's no reason to assume something would become of it now, especially since you can't "shut bitcoin down." Its not possible. And with the massive institutional adoption + ETFs, bitcoin won't be made illegal any time soon, at least not in the countries with the most users/holders.
Furthermore, NO cryptocurrency has ever been shut down due to legal pressure, except for one, and that was
Coinye, in 2014. But even then, after a cease-and-desist order by Kanye West, it never completely died.
Why are idiots so hellbent on turning bitcoin into Instagram or OnlyFans? It is truly bizarre.
LOL, live streaming on Bitcoin, I don't think you'll ever have to worry about that.
Fortunately, Bitcoin Knots has exploded from less than 1% to 20% of the nodes since the pull request was announced.
Except Knots doesn't actually do anything to stop this (as has been pointed out already).
Fortunately even without any preferential peering it only takes a few percent of nodes to form a complete graph. Not that I believe for a minute your forward-looking claims about people running knots (I just don't believe that many people are that foolish).
According to
coin.dance, 18.5% of all Bitcoin nodes are Knots nodes. I'm not sure if you believe them either though.