BIP-110 failed to activate when its deadline arrived after receiving only about 2.5% of miner hashpower support, according to ChainCatcher. Nodes running the proposal split from the Bitcoin mainnet at block height 961632, and the minority chain later stopped producing blocks. The chain inherited Bitcoin’s mining difficulty while controlling less than 3% of network hashpower, which left block production stalled.
Reactions quickly split across supporters and critics. Bitcoin Mechanic, speaking in a personal capacity as a backer of BIP-110, said the outcome showed Bitcoin had fallen into what he called "protocol capture," arguing that large mining pool operators coordinated to influence consensus rules and weaken node sovereignty. Cysic founder and CEO Leo Fan took the opposite view, saying Bitcoin’s difficulty adjustment mechanism protected the main chain and that BIP-110’s forced activation design was the central flaw. Separately, the anonymous owner of 1win said support for the proposal reached only 2.53%, well below the 55% activation threshold, while the main chain continues to run normally. Some supporters are now considering a hard fork to change the proof-of-work algorithm, and Bitcoin Mechanic said he will resume node operations after a Bitcoin Knots update.
BIP-110 failed to activate when its activation deadline arrived, drawing only about 2.5% of miner hashpower support.
Nodes running the proposal split from the Bitcoin mainnet at block height 961632, and the minority chain later stopped producing blocks. Because that chain held less than 3% of total network hashpower, the inherited mining difficulty left block production stalled.
Support stayed below the activation threshold
The anonymous owner of 1win said the proposal received 2.53% support, far below the 55% threshold required for activation. The Bitcoin main chain, the person added, is still running normally.
Backers and critics offered different readings
Bitcoin Mechanic, a supporter of BIP-110 speaking in a personal capacity, said the result showed Bitcoin had experienced what he called "protocol capture." He argued that large mining pool operators coordinated to influence consensus rules and weaken node sovereignty.
Cysic founder and CEO Leo Fan said Bitcoin’s difficulty adjustment mechanism protected the main chain, and that the main issue lay in BIP-110’s forced activation design.
Some supporters are now considering a hard fork to replace the proof-of-work algorithm. Bitcoin Mechanic said he plans to restore node operations after Bitcoin Knots is updated.
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