Bitcoin Fork Watch: Where to Track BIP-110’s Showdown Live
BIP-110 mandatory signaling begins today, putting block 961632 under a microscope as the risk of a blockchain split moves from theory to a live test. At the time of writing,…
BIP-110 Supporters Prepare PoW Switch If Miners Refuse Soft Fork Plan
Bitcoin developer Chris Guida has dusted off code that could swap the mining algorithm on a breakaway BIP-110 chain if supporters fail to overcome miners’ resistance. With the activation height…
Bitcoin’s BIP110 Moment: Three Possible Scenarios
Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin’s BIP110 Moment: Three Possible Scenarios Author’s note: In my view BIP110 is both useless and harmful, and I do expect it to fail (see scenario 1). Despite…
Bitcoin Nears Chain Split as BIP-110 Rebels Defy Global Hashpower
Bitcoin is closing in on a possible chain split after block 961,632 as BIP-110 backers prepare to enforce rules that barely register across the network’s computing power. BIP-110 Faces Its…
Corporation’s Approach to the BIP-110 Soft Fork
Bitcoin Magazine Corporation’s Approach to the BIP-110 Soft Fork BIP-110 is approaching its first consequential activation boundary. The proposal enters mandatory signaling at block 961,632, currently projected around August 9,…
Bitcoin Mining Giant Foundry Asks Miners To Vote on BIP-110 Soft Fork
Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Mining Giant Foundry Asks Miners To Vote on BIP-110 Soft Fork Foundry Digital, the world’s leading Bitcoin mining pool operator, has said it will allow mining clients…
The Bitcoin Softfork That Tried to Police “Junk Data” — And Why It’s Already Failing
Bitcoin Magazine The Bitcoin Softfork That Tried to Police “Junk Data” — And Why It’s Already Failing This is a guest post by Brandon Black. Opinions expressed are entirely their…
Michael Saylor Declares Bitcoin Has ‘No Spam Problem’ as BIP-110 Debate Escalates
This week, Strategy founder and bitcoin bull Michael Saylor turned to X to argue that Bitcoin has “no spam problem,” pointing to persistently low network fees as evidence for his…
No, BlackRock Won’t Ossify Bitcoin
Follow Aaron on Nostr or X. In his Take from Wednesday, Shinobi argued that the surge of institutional bitcoin adoption will lead to premature ossification of the Bitcoin protocol. While I…
A Bitcoiner’s Guide To Proof-Of-Stake
A technical and in-depth analysis of the trade-offs that Ethereum’s consensus mechanism makes in its switch to proof-of-stake and how proof-of-work differs. This is an opinion editorial by Scott Sullivan.…