Luke Dashjr removed as BIP editor after stalled BIP-110 fork fight

Bitcoin’s core development circle is facing a governance dispute after veteran developer Luke Dashjr was removed as an editor of the Bitcoin Improvement Proposals, or BIPs, according to Decrypt as cited by ABMedia. The move followed controversy around BIP-110, a soft fork Dashjr pushed that later stalled. The removal motion was initiated on Aug. 9 by fellow BIP editor Mark Erhardt, known in the community as Murch, through a pull request deleting Dashjr’s name from the editor list in BIP 3. Erhardt cited four reasons: an alleged conflict of interest in how Dashjr handled BIP-110, minimal editorial contributions since April 2024, concern that the proposed soft fork was turning into a hard fork, and a breakdown of trust among editors. BIP-110 aimed to temporarily block non-financial data such as Ordinals inscriptions from entering Bitcoin transactions. Miner signaling peaked at 51 out of 2,016 blocks, or about 2.53%, well below the 55% activation threshold. A minority chain produced only two blocks in eight hours before stalling. Michael Saylor said 99.85% of hash rate remained on Bitcoin’s main chain. Dashjr has disputed the removal on X and said on Aug. 10 that he would take an extended leave from Ocean pool to focus on Bitcoin and open-source projects.