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BIP-110 Bitcoin fork battle

Bitcoin's BIP-110 soft fork is collapsing under near-zero miner support, fierce community opposition, and chain-split risk as its mandatory-signaling phase opens.

10 entriesSun, Jul 5 – Wed, Aug 5Bitcoin

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  1. Wed, Aug 5LatestVerified · 5 Aug 2026

    BIP-110's Doomsday Option Surfaces

    BIP-110's mandatory phase opens at block 961,632, around August 9: nodes running the software will reject every block not signaling support, with lock-in forced by block 963,648 and activation near September 1. Miner signaling remains minimal — 38 signals per opponent Michael Saylor's tally — though Foundry is letting pool customers vote by hashrate through the window. Developer Chris Guida separately rebased Luke Dashjr's 2017 proof-of-work-change code onto Bitcoin Knots as a self-described "last resort" against miner resistance.

  2. Sun, Aug 2Verified · 2 Aug 2026

    BIP-110 Misses Its Threshold

    Miner signaling for BIP-110 — the proposal to ban non-payment data from Bitcoin for a year — reached 2.54%, 24 of 946 blocks, all from the OCEAN pool, making its 55% voluntary threshold mathematically unreachable this period, per a tally posted by Michael Saylor, the proposal's most prominent opponent, and confirmed by tracker Farside. Because BIP-110's design has no failure state, its software begins rejecting non-signaling blocks around block 961,632, leaving a possible minority split as the open question.

  3. Fri, Jul 24Unverified — not yet reviewed

    BIP-110 Soft Fork Splits Bitcoin Community as 15,000 Nodes Activate Amid Fierce Opposition

    Over 15,000 Bitcoin nodes are now running BIP-110, a soft fork that limits data field sizes to curb on-chain data insertion, with supporters citing sovereignty and network verification. Critics including Adam Back label the effort 'idiocracy,' and longtime node operators argue BIP-110 fails to stop data insertion and amounts to virtue signaling. The dispute reflects deep disagreement over contentious consensus changes in Bitcoin.

  4. Mon, Jul 20Unverified — not yet reviewed

    Saylor Publishes 110-Point Essay Against BIP-110 as Miner Signaling Stays Below 1% and Soft Fork Nears Failure

    Michael Saylor published a 110-point essay formally opposing BIP-110, the proposed Bitcoin soft fork that would enable transaction filtering, arguing it is a bad idea for the base layer. Miner signaling for BIP-110 remains below 1% of hash rate, and the proposal is tracking toward failure ahead of its August deadline. Saylor's opposition runs alongside his broader argument for preserving Bitcoin's peer-to-peer base layer without protocol-level filtering.

  5. Thu, Jul 16Unverified — not yet reviewed

    BIP-110 Bitcoin Protocol Proposal Faces Community Division Ahead of Activation Deadline

    The Bitcoin community remained divided over the BIP-110 'Filtered Fork' proposal as its activation deadline approached. The proposal continued to face near-zero miner backing, extending the governance controversy documented in prior reporting where Michael Saylor and Adam Back both publicly opposed the measure.

  6. Wed, Jul 15Unverified — not yet reviewed

    Bitcoin Softfork Debate Over 'Junk Data' Policy Emerges in Protocol Governance Discussion

    A new Bitcoin softfork proposal targeting what proponents describe as junk data in the blockchain has emerged in the protocol governance debate, with reporting indicating it is already facing resistance. The episode extends the active period of Bitcoin codebase governance controversy alongside the separately documented BIP-110 filtered fork dispute.

  7. Mon, Jul 13Unverified — not yet reviewed

    BIP-110 Bitcoin Fork Loses Community Support as Saylor and Back Oppose With Near-Zero Miner Backing

    The BIP-110 'Filtered Fork' Bitcoin upgrade proposal is losing community support, with miner backing described as near-zero as a deadline approaches. Michael Saylor and Adam Back both publicly opposed the proposal, with Back separately quoted on defending Bitcoin's existing design. The episode surfaces broader questions about Bitcoin codebase governance.

  8. Sun, Jul 12Unverified — not yet reviewed

    Adam Back and Michael Saylor Jointly Oppose BIP110 Filtered Fork Proposal

    Adam Back and Michael Saylor each published articles opposing the BIP110 'Filtered Fork' proposal for the Bitcoin codebase. The joint opposition from two prominent Bitcoin figures raises governance questions around the proposed protocol change.

  9. Thu, Jul 9Unverified — not yet reviewed

    Michael Saylor Comments on Bitcoin Block Space and Low Transfer Fees

    Michael Saylor stated publicly that the free market has resolved Bitcoin block space concerns and that transfer fees remain low. No specific fee data or on-chain metrics were cited alongside the statement.

  10. Sun, Jul 5Unverified — not yet reviewed

    BIP-110 Miner Signaling Collapses Below 10%; Bitcoin Fork Fight Gives Exchanges August Deadline

    Support for Bitcoin Improvement Proposal 110 fell below 10% and was effectively cancelled, with exchanges given an August deadline before miner lock-in signaling would have activated. The governance outcome was characterized by some observers, including the Nakamoto Chairman, as validating Bitcoin's decentralized decision-making structure.