I have been paying attention. Core 30 controversy is literally a change to a default setting that does nothing to change consensus. Any tx that was getting through is still getting through and any tx that was not getting through is still not getting through. If you run an old version of core, knots, v30 default settings, v30 w modified settings nothing has changed.
Peter theil and citrea (obviously) are complete shitstains but I'm not sure the point you are trying to make...
Knots was supposed to fix the "spam problem" and "save Bitcoin" but it didn't do a damn thing. V30 was supposed break Bitcoin and make it impossible to use as money but the fee market is essentially non existent rn. Excuse me if I'm not up in arms and interested in another "solution"(especially one as extreme and half baked as rdts) from those claiming the sky is falling.