🌐 Bitcoin spam fight escalates as Dashjr backs BIP-110
🔖 Bitcoin developer Luke Dashjr has rejected calls to withdraw BIP-110, a disputed proposal that aims to limit non-financial data on Bitcoin. The proposal has renewed debate over whether the network should only process money transfers or also support data-heavy uses such as Ordinals and Runes. Dashjr wrote, “Saylor didn’t say anything about BIP110.” He added, “And no, it’s too late to cancel BIP110.” His comment came after fresh debate around Michael Saylor’s view that Bitcoin should change slowly and protect its core design.
⚠️ BIP-110, also called the Reduced Data Temporary Softfork, seeks to place temporary limits on certain forms of arbitrary data in Bitcoin transactions. The proposal’s text says it aims to move Bitcoin back toward “the world’s money” by rejecting data storage as a supported use case at the consensus level. The dispute centers on block space. Supporters of BIP-110 argue that inscriptions, Runes and other data-heavy activity raise storage demands and push Bitcoin away from peer-to-peer payments.
📣 Critics argue that Bitcoin block space should remain open to any user willing to pay the required fee. They say attempts to restrict transaction content could create a harmful precedent and split users over subjective rules. The debate also followed Michael Saylor’s latest comments on Bitcoin’s role. Saylor said Bitcoin is not a technology stock, payments company, or software platform competing to add features.