Bitcoin News
By Maheen Hernandez
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What BIP-110 Actually Does. The proposal comes from developer Dathon Ohm. It introduces a set of new consensus restrictions…
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The Timeline and the Fallback Plan. The signaling window runs from block 961,632 through block 963,647.
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Bitcoin's BIP-110 mandatory-signaling window kicked off at block 961,632. Miner support sat at 2.53%. That's not close.
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Only 51 of the 2,016 blocks preceding that trigger point carried version bit 4 signaling, per monitoring data.
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The proposal comes from developer Dathon Ohm. It introduces a set of new consensus restrictions meant to last roughly a year, targeting what supporters call non-monetary data…
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Specifically, BIP-110 limits new output scripts to 34 bytes. It caps OP_RETURN outputs at 83 bytes. It also puts hard limits on data pushes and restricts certain Taproot features.
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Critics aren't buying it. Michael Saylor and Adam Back have both pushed back, warning that BIP-110 could fracture Bitcoin's network and cause nodes to reject transactions that…
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The signaling window runs from block 961,632 through block 963,647. Block 963,648 is where the proposal would hit its locked-in state.
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Related: BIP-110 Fork Sits 18 Blocks Behind Bitcoins Main Chain After Roughnecks Split
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But there's a contingency sitting in the background. On August 1, Bitcoin developer Chris Guida rebased code for a proof-of-work change — work originally done by Luke Dashjr —…
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The fallback itself is worth paying attention to. A proof-of-work change would be one of the most aggressive moves possible in Bitcoin's governance playbook — essentially a way…
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The minority chain that emerged after block 961,632 is the clearest sign yet that BIP-110's supporters are willing to push forward without broad consensus.
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It's probably the latter, at least for now. A chain running on under 3% of hash rate can't produce blocks fast enough to stay competitive. Transactions won't confirm.
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Read also: BIP-110 Replay Attack Puts Bitcoin Holders at Risk Before Any Chain Split
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What makes the whole situation genuinely interesting is the governance question underneath it. Bitcoin doesn't have a CEO. It doesn't have a board that votes on protocol changes.
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