Contributor patched versions of Bitcoin Core

[johnjacksonbtc]

Hello BitcoinTalk users,

I was somewhat disappointed there was no reference to https://github.com/btcdrak/bitcoin/releases . I have heard some Bitcoin Core contributors do build their own versions for Satoshi client, but there is a little info from third parties about their usage, pros and cons. Are there some other versions around that have new features or tweaks not included in master tree?

[unamis76]

There are several versions of the reference client. Some examples of these versions are XT, Classic and Unlimited.

[PremiumCodeX]

I have not read about contributor built clients before. I find their existence rather exciting, but not that unexpected since most BTC clients are open-source so why would we not build our own clients? So, do you assume there could be such contributor built clients that exceed the features of the master tree?