A dispute around Bitcoin Improvement Proposal 110, or BIP-110, is drawing attention in the Bitcoin community after the proposal sought to restrict non-financial data stored on the Bitcoin blockchain. Supporters of the proposal have been looking to push the rule change through a user-activated soft fork, or UASF, but miner backing is still well short of the activation threshold mentioned in the report. The debate has raised questions over whether it could turn into a broader governance split inside the Bitcoin network.
Blockstream CEO Adam Back criticized arguments made by BIP-110 supporters in a post on X. He said the claim that “Bitcoin supports spam” is wrong and argued that no Bitcoin participant likes spam data on the network. Back also said Bitcoin cannot achieve absolute censorship at the mathematical level. In his view, BIP-110 has multiple flaws, would not operate effectively, and has therefore failed to win network consensus. He added that trying to push through rule changes without consensus could end in a split resembling Bitcoin SV, or BSV.
Odaily reported that BIP-110 has triggered controversy in the Bitcoin community because it seeks to limit the storage of non-financial data on the Bitcoin blockchain. Supporters of the proposal plan to push the rule change through a user-activated soft fork, or UASF, but miner support remains well below the activation threshold.
The market is watching whether the dispute could develop into a broader split over Bitcoin network governance. In a post on X, Blockstream CEO Adam Back criticized arguments tied to BIP-110, saying the claim that “Bitcoin supports spam” is false and adding that all Bitcoin participants dislike spam data on the network.
Back said Bitcoin cannot deliver absolute censorship at the mathematical level. He also argued that BIP-110 has a number of flaws and would not function effectively, which is why it has not gained network consensus. He warned that forcing through rule changes without consensus could eventually produce a fork similar to Bitcoin SV (BSV).
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