Ripple CTO Emeritus David Schwartz said in a recent discussion on X that the core function of a Bitcoin hard fork is to let participants choose between different chains and, by extension, different rule sets. In his view, if the losing side later moves to the winning chain, that outcome reflects the fact that one set of rules produced a better result.
His comments came in response to criticism of a new proof-of-work fork. One user argued that even if such a fork fixes surface-level issues, it would still inherit the same governance problems. Schwartz took a different position, saying the point of a fork is to create a mechanism for rule competition rather than to assume governance questions cannot be tested in practice.
The debate followed an attempt by a minority chain backing BIP-110 to split from Bitcoin last Saturday. That chain survived for only two blocks after separating. The proposal was designed to restrict arbitrary data in transactions, including standards tied to Ordinals inscriptions, BRC-20 and Runes. The report cited U.Today.
Ripple CTO Emeritus David Schwartz said in a recent discussion on X that the logic of a Bitcoin hard fork is to let participants choose the chain, and the rule set, they prefer. If the side that loses eventually joins the winning chain, he said, that would mean the winning rules delivered a better outcome.
Schwartz was responding to criticism over the value of a new proof-of-work fork. A user had argued that even if such a fork solves surface-level problems, it would still inherit the same governance difficulties. Schwartz disagreed and said forks create a choice mechanism in which competing rules can be tested.
Last Saturday, a minority chain supporting BIP-110 split from Bitcoin but lasted only two blocks. The proposal seeks to restrict arbitrary data in transactions, including standards such as Ordinals inscriptions, BRC-20 and Runes. The item was cited by U.Today.
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